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

I made a posie, while the day ran by:
Here will I smell my remnant out, and tie ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaab ccdaad cceffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110111 1011110111 110101 11010001011 1111000101 110011 1111001111 1101110001 1101010 1011011101 1011011101 1100010 11110101111 1111111100 110111 1101010111 1011001110 001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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