This is an analysis of the poem Later Life that begins with:

Something this foggy day, a something which
Is neither of this fog nor of today, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbabbabcXbdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001010101 0100011001 1111000111 1101011101 1101010101 1101011101 1101110111 11011100101 111011111111 11101110100 11101111111 11101110101 11001010011 1011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 603
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, reach, i, sick, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

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