This is an analysis of the poem The Largest Life that begins with:
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I lie upon my bed and hear and see.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcaddcefefggXhbhbihihdgdgddXjhjhhkhkdkdkll
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 45,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 1101111111 01010101001 110001111 0011010100 1101111101 1111101001 0101110101 0011010100 1111111111 1011111111 1111011101 0010111001 11000101001 110111000101 1 1101011101 1011010111 0101110111 0101010101 010101011 0110111111 010110111 1001110101 1001100011 0111010101 0101010111 1101010101 0001010111 1101100010 1 1001010101 0101010101 11001111111 1011010101 0101011111 0100110101 0101111101 0101011101 1011110001 1101000101 1011010111 1011010111 0110001111 0101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1786
- Average number of words per stanza: 342
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, what, to, love are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, to are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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- summary of The Largest Life;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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