This is an analysis of the poem The Parable Of Life that begins with:
He treads alone the burning sand
Of the fiery desert plain;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbacXc bdedafgf bhahcaha ibbbjafa jacaijaj cakaakjk gbibcaXa clhlhXec gbXbejaj cfafadbd jbabablb abfbaemX jhXhgcic jjajlbjb ihjhcaXa emlmkada fefeanfn kbmbefff mjhjiblb aigidkdk lcfccbjb akckXjij
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 00100101 11010101 110101 1110101101 11100101 111011111 1101101 1111110101 110111 0100101101 110101 1101101 1011001 1010011101 1100101 1010100101 111101 11001101001 0100101 1101001001 0110101 110100100101 01101001 100100101 10110101 0100110111 10100101 1011110111 1100101 10100100101 101001001 110111001 101111 011100101 0110101 11100101 101001001 101101001001 1100101 11100101 001101 111111011 0111001 10100111001 111101 1010010111 010101 0100110101 11110101 1110100111 010101 1011000101 010101 100100101 10101001 100100101 1010101 10011111 0010101 0111101011 1011000 10100101111 1100111 010100101 0110101 11001101011 0010101 1110101001 11011011 10110101001 110101 1110100101 101001001 1111101001 01001101 101100101 10001001 101011101 10100101 10110011101 111101 1010011101 010001 10100111110 1101101 1011110001 011101 11101101011 11011 111110101 00100101 10101001001 101111 111101111 01110 110010101 1100101 01100110100 1110101 1010110111 11000101 1010111101 00100101 11110101 11001001 1100101101 1011100 1101011001 110101 110010111 1100101 1100100101 011111 1100100101 111101 100110101 0111011 0010010101 1010101 110011101 110101 10101001001 10100101 010110101 11101001 101010001 010101 00100100101 1010101 11100100101 010101 100110101 1100101 1010111101 101111 1100101111 1001001 1001001001 100111 11110101 111101 1111100101 110111 01001011001 1010101 1111010101 100011 11111111 1111101 01101011011 100101 001101101011 100111 10100110101 111101 1101100111 011101 111010101 110101 111110101 101101 100100101 1011011 11011111 0101111 1101100101 01101001 110110101 10101001 1101001001 11101 10100110101 011101 10111100101 1101001
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 176
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; weary, no, it, and, his, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, the, it, we, aid are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Parable Of Life;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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