This is an analysis of the poem Songs Of Joy that begins with:

Sing out, my soul, thy songs of joy;
Sing as a happy bird will sing ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb cded cfXf XdXd acXcXaeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11111101 11010101 01010101 0001 11010111 11111101 11111111 1101 11111101 100111110 110110101 10110 11110110 11011111 11011101 1111 10111101 11110101 10111111 1111 11011101 11011001 11110101 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; sing, my are repeated.

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

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  • history of its creation;
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