This is an analysis of the poem Life Teaches that begins with:
There are so many things,
Life teaches....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABCC DAE eeXfccee fXeXX AABCCXDAE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,8,5,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 111101 110 01100101 011000101011 01010001010001 1110011 110 10010011100 11100100011100 10100100101 111001000100011 11010010010101 1100101010110 01100100101000 10001100 00100101011010010 011110101011101 101111010100 0101001001010101 1011 111110101010 111101 110 01100101 011000101011 01010001010001 1110011 110 10010011100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines interest is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Life Teaches;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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