This is an analysis of the poem Is Life Worth Living? that begins with:
Is life worth living? Yes, so long
As Spring revives the year,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbabcdcdececfeXXgdgD hdhdfXXXciXiefefjdjD iiiikgkgfefeglglhXhX AeaechchfefeffffedeD ffffagagigigmimidddD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,20,20,20,20,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01110111 1010101 11100101 011101 11110101 011111 11001101 111001 11000111 011101 01001100 110111 11010101 111111 110111001 111111 11111101 111101 11100101 101101 11110101 1111001 10011111 111001 111100111 010101 110111010 100101 1101101 011001 11011101 110101 11011111 110111 11001001 100101 11010101 110001 100111001 101101 110100101 110101 110101001 111111 11011111 110101 101010101 1011101 111101001 1010101 11010111 110101 110101001 101111 10011111 111111 11011111 0111001 11110111 101101 01110111 110101 10010101 110001 11110101 110101 110111001 111111 11110101 011111 11010101 110101 11110101 110101 11010001 010101 11011001 110110 11110111 101101 11011101 100101 11010101 0101001 11110111 010101 11011101 011111 11100101 110101 11010101 110101 11100101 0100101 010100001 110001 11110101 110101 1010101111 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 628
- Average number of words per stanza: 111
- Amount of lines: 100
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, life are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word still at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Is Life Worth Living?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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