This is an analysis of the poem The Dance Of Life that begins with:
Gracious and lovable and sweet,
She made his jaded pulses beat,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccccddeeffggffbbddhhXXiXiijjccggkkXXbbjjccggaaccdXbbggiiiihhjjlliiddmmjjiiiiaaeedd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 86,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110011 11010101 11010111 11111111 10010111 10001101 01010101 10111101 100101010 100111010 01110101 01111011 11011101 11010111 01110101 10100101 10010101 01010101 10010111 110000101 01011001010 1101101010 11011101 01010101 10010100 01010100 110101101 01010110 11110101 10000111 010101001 11110111 01011101 010100101 11010101 01010101 10010101 01010111 011101000 11011100 01010101 01010111 011111010 101101110 11010111 01011111 11111101 01011101 01010111 11110111 01010101 01010101 010011100 01110101 11110101 11010101 1011101 10010111 01110110 11110101 01101111 11010101 01001101 11011101 100101010 1001001010 01110101 11010111 10011101 010101111 1011010010 111111010 11110101 110100101 110001010 11001010 11011101 01010101 11110101 00010101 00111111 10110111 110011111 10010101 100101010 110101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3090
- Average number of words per stanza: 534
- Amount of lines: 86
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, of, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, making, a are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase her connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Dance Of Life;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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