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

It’s good to have chosen
A living home ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXcdeaXaccdfadgaXgecXXacXfacggcdbeXdXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 000110 0101 111 00101 1111 01101 11110 001010 01101 01101 111 11110 101010 010100 10110 0011 011001 0111010 101001 10100100 10110101 0101001 100101 10101 00100011 011001 10111 11001010 1101001 011011 110010 00110 101111 1001001 010110000 110101 0111 10111 1101 00100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 975
  • Average number of words per stanza: 185
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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

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