On Content by Thomas Parnell: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem On Content that begins with:

Grant heav'n that I may chuse my bliss
If you design me worldly Happiness...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbddefe aaeedddeacceaggeececfcXccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 0101110100 1110111 1011101 1111111 101110101 11110001 1111010011 10010101 0111010100 010101 11111101 1111111 11101011 11101011 10010001 11110101 111010101 1111 11001101 0101111101 11011010 10011100111 1110101 11011001 0011010101 101100 011010011 110010101101 111011011110 1101010101 11111100 11110111 1111110010 101011110101 1011011101 11101010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 653
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word tho is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of On Content;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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