This is an analysis of the poem Life To Live that begins with:

A life to live for fun,
Doesn't come to demand it done....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAAAAbbacbdecXbX FGEHHDHFX AAAAFGEHHDHFXed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,9,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111 10100101 010111 11101001 010111 1101010 11101010 1010111 001010 0111011 10111110 0111010 1101011 00110110111 0101110 0101100110 01 01 1010100 10100010 101010110101 011100 101010110101 001 01 010111 10100101 010111 11101001 01 01 1010100 10100010 101010110101 011100 101010110101 001 01 111001100 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 356
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, they are repeated.

    The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Life To Live;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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