This is an analysis of the poem The Love A Life Can Show Below that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaXXXX XXXXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01011101 01010011 011001 110101010 1100100010 11010010 11001000110 110111010 1001010 100100010 11010001 01001000 110000000000011 100000000100 100000010000 100010000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of The Love A Life Can Show Below;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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