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

As I grow older I feel as if,
I still have my pick......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbc Xcddee fdcXcgcghdd ahXcdgdbbXd fdXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,11,11,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101110 11111 0010101 00010001010 10100001001 110101001000 1001011 1111101101 110010101 101100101 10111110 00110111 11001011010 0100101110010 1100101000111 10110101001 00100010111 10110100010110 111010011010010 111111 01111000101 1101010111110 100101110 0010101 01001011001000101 01001110 011001001111 110111011001 111101001 01011111101 01101010 0100110110 111110 0101111110 1010010 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; i, to, and are repeated.

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

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

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