This is an analysis of the poem Living It Will Be The Experience that begins with:

Oh yeah...prove it!
You are always picking things apart, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AabB AcdebB fghdijekeea gclj Xgejmijj ded acafa ecamddeaX Na caemeXdeaX NNk XXX hll XX XX nX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,11,4,8,3,5,9,2,10,3,3,3,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100 111110101 0101101 111101 1100 110111100 111011010 11110 11111 111101 11100110101 111101 011010110 110110 010011001 11 1001100 00101111 010010 01100 00100001001 100101111 1110101101 010010100 11101011110 110111111 1110101 11 110010011 11010110 0001 1011100101 11110100111 11011110100101 110111010 10010001110101 1001111010101 0101010100 1010001000101101 1011111 10110101 11110001011 1110011111100 01110101 010111 0101111101 00101110 01101 100011001 1011111101 11 10 10011101 100101010 101010100 110111 01011 1010101 01011010 1111111001 100 00001001 11 11 111111 1 01011001101 01010101 110101 111110 0101101010 1110111 111111010 111110 111110 11 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, oh, god are repeated.

    The author used the same words oh, and 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 yeah, brutha are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word along 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 Living It Will Be The Experience;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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