You'Ll Live, But I'Ll Not; Perhaps by Anna Akhmatova: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem You'Ll Live, But I'Ll Not; Perhaps that begins with:

You'll live, but I'll not; perhaps,
The final turn is that....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab abbB XbXB cXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 010101 111011 010101 1101011 110101 1101001 010111 010111 110001 010101 010111 111111 000111 010111 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word each is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word shot at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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