Analysis of Joy
Robinson Jeffers 1887 (Allegheny) – 1962 (Carmel-by-the-Sea)
Though joy is better than sorrow joy is not great;
Peace is great, strength is great.
Not for joy the stars burn, not for joy the vulture
Spreads her gray sails on the air
Over the mountain; not for joy the worn mountain
Stands, while years like water
Trench his long sides. 'I am neither mountain nor bird
Nor star; and I seek joy.'
The weakness of your breed: yet at length quietness
Will cover those wistful eyes.
| Scheme | AABCDBEFGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 111101101111 111111 111011111010 1011101 100101110110 111110 111111101011 110111 010111111100 1101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 415 |
| Words | 81 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 326 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 78 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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