This is an analysis of the poem Life's Single Standard that begins with:
There are a thousand ways to cheat and a thousand ways to sin;
There are ways uncounted to lose the game, but there's only one way to win;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbXb ccdd eeaaXaacdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101011010101 111110010111101101 110111010111010011 1 11111111010011010 1 111101111100111 1111101011110111 11011010111101010 11010110100101010 01001001001100101 11001011001101101 1101100111010101 11010110111101101 110101011101101 1101001111110101 11011001011100111 1111100101110110 1
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, ways, some, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word there is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Life's Single Standard;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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