We Are Transmitters by David Herbert Lawrence: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem We Are Transmitters that begins with:

As we live, we are transmitters of life.
And when we fail to transmit life, life fails to flow through us.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bc Xdb eceXX XadXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,3,5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101001 11110011110111 1010010001000110 10100110 10111110110011 11111000101010010 111001101 10000010101101010101 0110001000010 0001 100010011100000 10001 1101010101 0101011 110101110 0101100101111100101111 0110011001011 100010001000110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, of, life, it are repeated.

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

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  • summary of We Are Transmitters;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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