This is an analysis of the poem Life's Progress that begins with:
How gayly is at first begun
Our Life's uncertain Race! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaab cdcXd efeef gcggc hchhc ifiif aeaae iaiia XfXef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11001110 110101 11110101 01111101 010101 11001101 110011 11000101 01000110 010101 11000101 1100101 11011101 11010101 011110 11010101 110111 11011101 11110101 110101 11111101 110011 11010111 11010111 111101 11110111 110101 01010101 01011111 110101 01111101 110101 01110111 01010101 111111 11010101 110111 11011111 11010101 110101 10010110 111101 11110110 11010101 1100101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; our is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word how is repeated.
The author used the same word how 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 Life's Progress;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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