This is an analysis of the poem My Life that begins with:
I was still young
and able bodied...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaab cdef geaa bcdb hXig iiia aXej kaiX laei lgeh kglb ihml fckb kill diidb faaX mjXl kadXlXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 11010 101001 110011 111 1001 111 011 101 10011 1110 111 11011 1111 111 1111 10110 101001 10100 11101 110 10110 1010 01011 111 110 0100 110 1011 110101 10101 0111 11010 1111 101001 1101 1101 101 1100 11110 01111 0011 01001 10111 110100 101010 1101010 1100101 1110 11011 0111 0111 1111 11010 1011 10010 1001111 111101 01101 01001 1111 111 0101 1010 1110 00100100 101010 11001000 11101101 0111 0111 11101 101110 11111 11
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 71
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 75
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The author used the same word years at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of My Life;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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