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

The taller the monument, the more impatient our luggage.
Look, look, a graveyard has fancy dirt. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bccd dXd bXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 010010001010110 110111101 01000100010110010 100110101000110011101010 101101 0001000101101 111101101011101 011010101110111 10100100010111 01011111100 10110010111101011 1111101 1111001 1100101001100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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