This is an analysis of the poem Making Life Worth While that begins with:

Every soul that touches yours -
Be it the slightest contact -... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXcXXXaXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011101 0001011 11010 11011101 11010110 11010 101001 1101 010100101 110101 010111 110010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 343
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; one is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Making Life Worth While;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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