This is an analysis of the poem Life? that begins with:
Life?
To live it has ups and downs....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcccddd XXdebcecdX adXdeceXddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 0101111 111010 1100001111 00101100 0011100 010101000100 1010001 011000101 111100010 11101 001001010 101010101 01101 1011011 101001 100 101010100001 1 011100 1001000100 101010000 00100111 11010101 1 11001001 01011 11110001 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 29
- 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:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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 is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Life?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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