This is an analysis of the poem A Life Lived That Has A Meaning that begins with:

Cooped up in a loop,
Can be removed to fool a loser....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDeABCF gddg ABCDeABCF HICF dd HICF ABCDeABCF eJDeJDXABCFeJDeJDeJc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,4,9,4,2,4,9,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 100101010 11 0111011 1 11001 100101010 11 1110101 1100110010011 010010010101 1101010 0011010 11001 100101010 11 0111011 1 11001 100101010 11 1110101 10001 110101 11 1110101 0101010 1001010 10001 110101 11 1110101 11001 100101010 11 0111011 1 11001 100101010 11 1110101 1 01111010 011001 1 01111010 011001 11001 100101010 11 1110101 1 01111010 011001 1 01111010 011001 1 01111010 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • 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:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

    The poet repeated the same word same at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of A Life Lived That Has A Meaning;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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