This is an analysis of the poem Life's Mighty Flood that begins with:
WHAT is wrought in the forge of the living and life--
All things are nought! Ho! fill me the bowl,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcccX dedecffX ghghchhX ifiXcggX gagacjjX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 101001001011 111111101 11001001101 11011001101 01001001111 1110110101 1111100101 1111 1110100101 111101101 11110101111 00101111101 101001101101 111011001111 11011001101 1101 01011011101 1101100101 11011101101 1110110101 1010010011011 001001001111 101001111001 1101 01001110010 1010011111 010001011110 1110101100 0111011111 11011011011 001010001101 0101 111111001011 11111001001 1110101001 110101101 11011101111 11001111001 01001111011 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 349
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; and, i are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word nought at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Life's Mighty Flood;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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