Life's Grandest Things by Jean Blewett: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Life's Grandest Things that begins with:

What is the greatest work of all?
The work that comes every day;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccb abddb abeeeeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 01111001 011111101 011110101 10101011 10010101 0010111 100111001 100101101 10101111 10010101 00101011 11010111 110011111 001011111 10010101 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; work, that are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word pay at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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

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