This is an analysis of the poem In The Midst Of Life… that begins with:

All the long day the robin on the spray
Piped his sweet song...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcccaabdddBabdddBabeeeB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010101 1011 00110101 11010101 01010101 1011 1011010101 1101 11011101 001100101 01101001 1011 1011111111 0101 01010001 01011101 01010001 1011 1011110101 0111 01010101 11010101 10111111 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 729
  • Average number of words per stanza: 146
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; her, to are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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