This is an analysis of the poem Common Is The Breath We Breathe that begins with:
You can choose to see me as you wish.
With it perceived to believe......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdXXad XdXcccee XXXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111011111 0001001 1100010001010 10100111010 00111011001001 11101111010011 01101 11010101 1111101011 00010001100 101110010101 11111 00101011000101 1111101010101 1000111011 1111111101 110 0100011 11010111 01011100101101 1101011000100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; you, to, as, it, one are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Common Is The Breath We Breathe;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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