This is an analysis of the poem My Life Closed Twice that begins with:
My life closed twice before its close--
It yet remains to see... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba XbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 010101 01010001 010101 11110001 111101 100111010 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of My Life Closed Twice;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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