This is an analysis of the poem The Thread Of Life that begins with:

I
The irresponsive silence of the land, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaabbaabcbcbbc Xdeeddeedfafafa XdggddXgddadadX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,15,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 0100010001 0100010001 1111001101 0101110111 1101100101 0101011111 1101111111 1111111111 1110111011 1011010101 1101111101 1101111111 1101011101 1111110111 1 1111110101 0111110111 1001100101 1011010111 11111100100 1111010101 1111011100 1100101100 1111010001 1101010101 1011110101 1111010101 1111111111 11111111101 1 1111011101 1101110111 11010100111 1111011110 1011111101 0100100101100 1011111101 1111111111 1011111011 1101110111 1101011111 0111000111 1111111011 1111101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 590
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; of, aloof, and, sometimes, where, i, what, me are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, where are repeated.

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

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