This is an analysis of the poem Poems Of Joys that begins with:

O TO make the most jubilant poem!
Even to set off these, and merge with these, the carols of Death.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd edaa fea Xegeh didgX dfj dXkl kdm nhd dgo kc kXjj npkmaq dmq gmXpll qjhXk mhkqkqX gpdpdjkdgjqm fgdepXceXqd dXdmdrf sohq Xnhf lcnmhkkiX kdqdqmdhfdanqkgXamsqka qso smalXkbq dgmof csamkrsinXnqhh dXdrhdn dXg bhdjsdXb jgj hXfa sckrqmgb bfhsXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,5,5,3,4,3,3,3,2,4,6,3,6,5,7,12,11,7,4,4,9,22,3,8,5,14,7,3,8,3,4,8,8,11,3,4,4,7,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010110010 100111110101001 110101011101100 101001010111 110100100110101100 10 110100110010 11011110010010 10101100010001110 00101010110101101 1001111 1010111 01001010 010101010101100 101010 01010011110010 101010101111 01110001001011 10001 010010011111110 100 10100110001 010010010010101100 10111 10101 1100111011 1111110111 01001101010 1010011010100000100 010101001010010 010 10101110101001100101 01000101010100101100 1 10101 010010001010100 100101 101001101010 010101100010111100 10110011111 01011111 0100101111100111 1101010101111 11111 101001011101011000 110110010 110111110100011 101111111111001001 1110010001 101010 01010001011011110 11101101 101011110111010 1 10010100111111 1010111010110111 10 01010001001101110 1001 11011111110111 001111010110101 1111001111110100 11 010111110111110111 10111011011001 011111010101000101 1101110001 110111111100011 1111110001 11010111101011 1010101101001010 1011111010111 010 101000111001010111 1011101010 1101011100011101 1000111110110110 10010110 1101010110010111100 1 1001100101001010 111100110 1010110010 0101101101011010 10110 101011011101011110 0111 10101101111100110 110 111010101111010 1011 01011011011001011 010 1101010 010100100110001 100010 01100101000100101 1010011011 010110110101111 110110 11001011 1010100101101 100110001 1001001001101 10101110101 1010010010111010 1101 010011011110 10101010010 01010001100010100 001010001001001 010100101011011 01010010001010000101 11010001 0111111101 0101010100110 011100111001001 10100111111101 11011010111001010 101 110101110011111 01101101001001111 0110010 1100101110111111 101101101101001 01010 11010010111010100 1001 110111100100101 1001001011 0111110111101 11011010111100 11 011111111001010101 1 111011111110101001 10010100101111 11101010010001011 111100101 101110111 110111011111 1101010010011011 101010101 10110011 11111000111101111 01100010 11011111011011 1010110110011111 0101 11000101011110101 101001 0010101010001100 111 01010111010010 0101000101000011 1010111011010100100 1010011000101001 0100 11110010100011 101110001010010 0100100101 0110110110101101 1 110100100111010100 11 101010110100110100 111001 1101001011001111 010101 10101 1010001000010010 10100100001 0111011111001 01100111011 011000111 0110010101010001 101001 010010011011011 010101111011010 1101001 01001011011000110 110 11010110000100011 10010110 1110101011101 11010101010100010000 1010001010001 1010010110001011 01010011010110010 1 101011 010001111111 00110001001111010 11100 101001011 10100001001001011010 101101 010011001101010 01011100101 010011100110011 001011010010101010000 1 110100101 1001010100101110 1 1001110110011 11 1011010010111010 10010101001011 10 111101 11010101 10011101010101 100101010101110100 1010 010001010010010101 11 100101011111 010101010010100110 10100111 111101011101111 11110001001101 01110100100 11101011011101010 11010110 0111001010101101 010010100 110010011010101 1001111010 10011110101010110 01 00010100101101001 1101001 010011101100010 00010001000111111 0111010100101101 01010001001001001 101 000101 10101001 0101010001 0101001000101110 10 01111101001110001 0111111 1011111010011 0111011111111 000100011111 0101101111100111 0111011011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 42
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 268
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, full, o, for, it, and, i, joy, to, with, my, in, me, something, his, we, see, again, him, what, them, death, joys, no, sail are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, to, i, my, something, the, joy, a are repeated.

    The author used the same words o, or at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines poem, more are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.

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