This is an analysis of the poem My Life Has Become What It Is that begins with:

It 'use' to matter to me,
The days of the week....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXaBA XXccXXaBA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001001 01001 110101101 11001111101 1111011100 1100100011 111111 11101100 11010 110111 110101010 1010100 1001101111 01100110 101001100 10101100100 11101100 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, or are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word it 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 My Life Has Become What It Is;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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