This is an analysis of the poem Life that begins with:
LIFE, believe, is not a dream
So dark as sages say;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbadad XbXb cbcbededXfXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 111101 1010101 1000101 0111101 111101 0010010101 110101 100100 1101011 100100 010111 1111110 111101 1110101 1010101 110101001 1000111 11010101 110111 100100 010101 110001000 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Life;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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