This is an analysis of the poem Life that begins with:
A little ray from a shaded light
A colour splash on a field of white... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc ccc ccc aaaXaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 010100101 010110101 110110111 010110101 010110101 110110101 010110101 011100101 110110101 010110101 0101111001 1010100101 110101101 110110111 111110101 100111101 110110101 111110101 111100101 011110111 110110100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and are repeated.
The author used the same word a 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 Life;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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