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

Death and I,
On a hill so high,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbddbeebffdddXggahhX XdeeXiji gbkkbglladmdjammmannXbeebggbbhhggnnffdede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,8,41,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 10111 1111 11101 10011 111000111 1101 00101 0010101 10110 1110 1011111 1101 10101 011101 10100 10111 10101100 1001 10101 11100101 1111 00111 111101 1001010100 01001010100 111110111 1101111101 10110101110 100111110001 1111010101 1110010111 0101010101 0101110101 0101 0101 10010101110 01010101 01011001010 11011100010 1101111101 0101111101 0101011100 110001110011 1001010101 0101011001 1110010100 110 01110 1100111 1001011101 0110010001 11110111001 0101010111 1111010101 0101110111 110111101 1001110101 1001010101 11000010101 1111 1101 1100100101 0100101111 100011110001 1011010101 1101010101 1100010101 1011010101 1110110101 1101111101 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 631
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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

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