This is an analysis of the poem Live Wire that begins with:
Finding that which has been sought,
To ground a live wire totally confused....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXcXXaabbcXbXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101 01011010001 1010000101010 11 0101001011 0110101101 01110 0010101010 1100100101 01010110 0100100101001 010111 101010101 110100101001 1011010111 101101010 0100100010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 609
- Average number of words per stanza: 98
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Live Wire;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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