This is an analysis of the poem What I Call Living that begins with:
The miser thinks he's living when he's hoarding up his gold;
The soldier calls it living when he's doing something bold;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc aadddde effee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01011101110101 01010101110101 01010100010101 10101001110101 111000101111101 11010101010111 11010101100101 011001101011101 11010100111111 101010101011101 11010100011101 101110101011111 101111100011111 001011111010101 010101010110101 1011101000101001 001010101010101 001011100010001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 354
- Average number of words per stanza: 68
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; living, he's, i, to, and, it's are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, it's, it are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of What I Call Living;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.