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

My approach to life?
Do not overkill the taste of it, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcddecffXabXgh AXgfbfhXfe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 111010100 011100 1110101 11010101 1100111 111101000 110 01100010 010101011 1110111 11101 01000111100 0110011 1110111010 10101 101010 111111111 110011111100 111 1110101110 11001010 001010 1010 1010100100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 355
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The author used the same word my 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 My Approach To Life;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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