Ashes Of Life by Edna St. Vincent Millay: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Ashes Of Life that begins with:

Love has gone and left me and the days are all alike;
Eat I must, and sleep I will,—and would that night were...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbab XcXc XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111111011101 1111111001110 1 11001011101101 110011000111 1111111111101 0111110010101 110111011101010 11010101111111 1111110001011 11 1111010101000100 1010101010101010 1010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, that, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Ashes Of Life;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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