This is an analysis of the poem On Happiness In This Life that begins with:

The morning opens very freshly gay
And life itself is in the month of May. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbccaabbddbbeX ffaaggXXeehhbbddcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010101 1101000101 01110111010 1100010101 1101011101 1101001101 0101010101 11010101001 1101011101 10010100111 1101010101 1111010101 1101010111 1111010101 1111000101 1100010111 11110001001 1111011101 0101010111 1101010100 1111000101 1101010101 1101001101 0111001101 1111110111 1111000101 1101010101 0110111111 0111101001 1111110101 1101010101 1101010111 1111010101 0001010101 0111011101 1101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 767
  • Average number of words per stanza: 140
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

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