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

Why does this written doe bound through these written woods?
For a drink of written water from a spring ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXdeaXefgh hdga XXhXgXcX fgabXbbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,4,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110101111101 101010100001 1100100110 11110111110 1111111001 11101011101 100110100101 1101 11100011 10011011011 1101010 1001010100 11010101 1101010101 0100101010111 0101010111010 0101110111 101111001 10111101 01000110111111 100110100101000 10101011 1010101001111 0111010101 101010101110111 01101 111101011 01110101 101001101110 01010 0100010 0100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; written, of are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of The Joy Of Writing;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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