This is an analysis of the poem The Will To Live that begins with:

SINCE Faith is a veil that has nothing behind it,
And Hope wanders lost where no mortal can find it,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcc dccdeffe aggahhggiiaajjjiii ffkkaa ballaXkkaaccmm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,18,6,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011110010 111011110110 110010110001 010010111100 10010010101 01001101001 1111010111 11000111011 11010010010 0111001001 111110111 0111110110 11001111001 1101111001 0100101001 1101111101 0011111011 11111011010 11111110010 1111011111 100101110110 11111111010 11010111101 1101011011 1011001101 11010011001 1101110001 1101011001 1111011001 1011101001 1001011111 1001101101 1011001001 0111011010 10010001001 1001001111 1101101011 0011000011 0001001001 0001001001 11010111010 1001001110 11010010110 11011010110 1011101011 10111110110 11111010010 11011011110 11011110010 11010010110 11011110010 10010111010 11010111110 11111110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 490
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, it, and, of, vain, be, to, this are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word since at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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

  • summary of The Will To Live;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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