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

Back to life.
And back to accept, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCB bbdebeXXbX Ab FceceFghgbd AcXcacbcXcb ABCBXb hXX h XeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,10,2,11,11,6,3,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 11001 01011010 010000 10101001 00101001 0011101 1010101 1110101010100 10111 010101011 111100001 10101001 1001001011 101 100010000 101101 010001110101 10100101111 0100100110 1001011101 101101 0101001101 1000111100 1100101011 11001000 11110111 101 10100101 11010 1010101 10110110101 010010100101 101010 101011010 101010100 0100001010101 001000100 101 11001 01011010 010000 01 0101001 111110010110 11101010101 1111101011110 111110 10111 1011 111010110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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, it, happy are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word back at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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