This is an analysis of the poem If I Got An Eternal Life that begins with:

If I got an eternal life - and then alone go on
walking the paths of the world: I shall see green grasses...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcbbdX ecdaXbXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01110101110111 1001001111110 011110111101 101011101010 100110100010110001110111111 110110101 01110011011 10101 011011101110100 101011010 1101110110101 101100101011 011010111101 11011011101 0101011110001 01011010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of If I Got An Eternal Life;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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