This is an analysis of the poem An Existence Witnessed that begins with:
What is it that makes,
Hearts to break....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBCDE F AAG F aXh F ffFf GHHXGX ABBCDE FiJKGdeigg GHHXGX fiJKG AAG F ABBCDEXFdFffj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,3,1,3,1,4,6,6,10,6,5,3,1,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011 101 0111 0110010 010001 010101 101010 100101 0111 1101101 101010 10011 1101 01010100101 101010 10011101 0011100101 101010 10100101 111010111 1110111001 111011101 11101100 1011 011100101111 10011 101 0111 0110010 010001 010101 101010 1011011001 0110101010 10100 111001 10100100 11110111 0111010 01001101 11011 111010111 1110111001 111011101 11101100 1011 011100101111 101011010 11011011001 0110101010 10100 111001 100101 0111 1101101 101010 10011 101 0111 0110010 010001 010101 10100010 1010101 10100010 111100 1110011 011011101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; to, i, keep, praying, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of An Existence Witnessed;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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