This is an analysis of the poem The Ecstasy that begins with:
The fleeting Joy that all things have beneath
Goes off like snow while Zephirs warmly breath...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbXXcc ddcccceee ffggccddddhhiiccXgXddjX kkkjj bbddjj ddhhjj ddfijj bbXbgXddccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,23,5,6,6,6,11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0101111101 1111110101 0101111110 0011001001 0101110101 10101010101 1111010111 111110101 1011100111 0101001101 1111110101 101010101 101101011 110101011 1101110001 0111010101 11111101 11010111010 001100101010 1111011001 101011001 0101010111 111010101 1101010101 110010111 1101000101 1100110101 11001011101 1110100111 1101011111 1001011101 11011100111 01110010101 11010101001 010111111 1101010101 11111110 0101010001 0111110111 1101010110 110010111 1111110101 0111010111 0111111101 0100010101 101001011 1011010101 1111011101 111001111 0111010101 11001010001 1001010101 10110010110 0100110101 0111110111 01111110001 11001010001 0101010001 0101011001 111100010010 101011101 1101111111 11001010001 110010111 1101011101 0110110101 011001101 1100011111 011010001 1101110101 0111011101 11001000101 1111010001 1011111101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 383
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 74
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; to, o, i, their, my, thee are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, to, the are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word sing at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Ecstasy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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