This is an analysis of the poem My Life that begins with:
My life...
Is not one of strife, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AabcXd ddXX eefg gg Afefh b ibbebhcfcXc hXfg Acgc i hghXf jjjcf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,2,5,1,11,4,4,1,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 01101 110 010100101 01010 101 1101 001 10001 1001100 0101 010101 101101 010 0010 0010 11 1001 101 111110 0100 1010 0111 010010 1001010 01000111 1101010 1 0101010010 100101 010101 000110 10101010 11100100 11011 101101 01 11 11 00110 001 100 01000010 00101010 1110010011 10011111 0101100 11 11 101 1011101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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 word and is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines everywhere, gem, you are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of My Life;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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