This is an analysis of the poem Life that begins with:
Life is but a continual dying,
goodness and pleasure are but borrowed....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccaXbXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010010010 101101111 111010101101010 1111010010010 01001001110 1101001101 10011101001 100101011 10111111010 111011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 426
- Average number of words per stanza: 82
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; but is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Life;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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