This is an analysis of the poem What Shall We Do? that begins with:
Here now, for evermore, our lives must part.
My path leads there, and yours another way.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab acac dddd eceXXbbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111011111 1111110101 1111001111 01010010111 1001110111 1011010101 11001011001 1100011111 10100100110 1001111101 10010010010 1101110101 1001010101 0110010001 1011010111 10010101110 1011100101 10111011111 110010010111 1101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 20
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, of, no are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of What Shall We Do?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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