This is an analysis of the poem Learn Life's Lessons that begins with:

Some are afraid to hear a 'No'...
And, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaBBBA XXC CDE CDE XaBBBA XXC CDE CDE AFE AFC CDE AFEXAFC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,3,3,6,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 1 10101 011101 1101 1101101 10110101 11 10101010 01010111110 1011111 10110010 01010111110 1011111 11010 11010101 1 10101 011101 1101 1101101 10110101 11 10101010 01010111110 1011111 10110010 01010111110 1011111 11010 1001 01 1010 1001 01 11110 01010111110 1011111 11010 1001 01 1010 1001 01 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; be is repeated.

    The author used the same words a, don't at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lessons is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word session 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 Learn Life's Lessons;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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