This is an analysis of the poem Life Is Fine that begins with:
I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cccc c acde ccfc f eeXe afdfXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,1,4,4,1,4,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110010 111101 1101110 111011 1111110 111111 0110100011 110111 10110110011 1101010 0110101 1101110 111111 1111110 111111 00100011 110111 101111011 1101110 111011 100111 1110111 1111110 111111 101110 0110111 101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i 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 Is Fine;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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