This is an analysis of the poem From “later Life” that begins with:
VI
We lack, yet cannot fix upon the lack: ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcabbaabdedded XfggfddfdgcXcgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,15,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 1111010101 1011111100 1101111101 0111111101 1111110101 1101011100 1111111101 1001010101 0101010101 1101010111 1111110101 10010010101 101101001001 1101010101 1 1101011101 0101010101 1101011101 1001100101 111000101 1101010101 10010111001 0111010111 1111010101 11000100100 1101110101 1111010100 01110011111 1011010011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 655
- Average number of words per stanza: 115
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; we, to, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nor is repeated.
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