This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxxi. Life And Death. 3. that begins with:
IF death be final, what is life, with all
Its lavish promises, its thwarted aims,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacacadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0101010101 0101000101 010100101 0101010101 1101110111 1101010111 0101111111 1001010100 0101010101 0101010101 11110001111 1101010101 1101111101 0111000101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 583
- Average number of words per stanza: 103
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; its is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words its, a are repeated.
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More information about poems by Christopher Pearse Cranch
- Analysis of Sonnet Lv. Music And Poetry. 1.
- Analysis of Ormuzd And Ahriman. The Overture.
- Analysis of Ormuzd And Ahriman. Part Ii
