This is an analysis of the poem Comforting Beliefs that begins with:
A life intellectualized,
Is not a life lived....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXbacdacedae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
- Metre: 01100000 01011 111001000 01 1100100100 11001011 0100101010 1100101 1001 101111 10001 111001000 001010 110001011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 369
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; life is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Comforting Beliefs;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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