This is an analysis of the poem No One Is Here Just To Live A Bit Of Life that begins with:

Or rehearse with a picking of phases,
To extend the living they like....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AB CAD CEFeG EXX CAB EXX CEFeG XcXXCAD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,5,3,3,3,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010010 00101011 11011010101 1010010001 001000101 11011010101 11011111 00101 1 011 1101 11110 110100111 11011010101 1010010010 00101011 1101 11110 110100111 11011010101 11011111 00101 1 011 1101 1001 1111011110 11011010101 1010010001 001000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; to, me are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word no 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 No One Is Here Just To Live A Bit Of Life;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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