This is an analysis of the poem Live that begins with:

Live or die, but don't poison everything…
Well, death's been here ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdefgchedhfeihgij khdXlmeflndXXXe fdkinmdjkci XnaihhlolidnicnginXodogfo bailokghgngbgln ffhmnhoXnchfnokXonjXfclohmddhd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,18,15,11,25,15,30,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110101 1101 1011 0101001 0101 1010001 1001010 11110 110101 111110 010100 01010 111101 110100 10101010 11110 11001010 110010111010 011 101 1111101 0101010 101110 1001110 0010101 001100001 0011111 110111010 0111011 011 001111 101 1110101 10111101 011011 11011001100 1101011011 0111110 1011001 111 1101 01 1 1 10010 01110011111 1101 100100010 11010 1010 1101 01101010 10001 1110111010 111101010 11101 1110 10111110 1001 1010001 11001 110 01011011 1101110 10101110 0011011010 11110 1001 110111 0100101 1 101 1011010 1001110 011010 11 0110 11110 11101 01010101 1010011 10101 100010010 1110100010 101001 1101 110101 0111 11101 11010011 101011 10011 1111 11111111 01110111 010101101 01010001001 0101010110 010010111 111111101001001001 110010101 1111010 100111111 1 10 11 110011011 01010100 1011111010 111110101110 0101101 111101011101 0100111100 111101001 01001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 442
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 115
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; and, it, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, cooked, it, despite are repeated.

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  • summary of Live;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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