This is an analysis of the poem The Lifeguard that begins with:
In a stable of boats I lie still,
From all sleeping children hidden....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaac dedfda ccfdfb gXgcbg bechgf eghdgc edhbib XidgdX hcdXXa gXbfcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001001111 01101010 010010011 101110010 011101011 0111 110110010 11111101 111110110 1010011011 1010011010 0100100 01001001 11101111 11111011 110111110 11111101 1001 11101011 10110101 1010011010 1111001 1101101 0101 111011001 010010010 11011110 01001111 001001010 1101 010110011 01011011 01101011 101010110 1111010010 1001 011010110 1010010010 11101010001 1010010001 111001110 01001 110101011 01110011 01110010 11101101 11011010 10010 11010001 010010010 101111010 10101001 011110100 0101 11011011 101101101 11001001 101001010 1101101 0101010
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my, of, water are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the are repeated.
The author used the same word beneath at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Lifeguard;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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