This is an analysis of the poem The Greatest Love that begins with:

She is sixty. She lives
the greatest love of her life....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bXaX XX bXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,2,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011 0101001 111010011 011001 0111 1011110 0101 1010 01000101011011010 0100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 61
  • Average number of words per stanza: 10
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • 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; her, she are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word she 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 The Greatest Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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