This is an analysis of the poem Our Lives To Live Objectified that begins with:

Our lives to live,
Consciously to admit......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXbcddcd XeeX bcefXcaafa Xee Xaea ceXaXa bcdXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,10,3,4,6,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 100001 1010010 001010 11010101 0100011000 11 110001 101110100100 001 11011000 10110010101 11011101 011010101 11101001 10111010 01010101 1110101010 11111111 00110010010 01010101 11010001 1010100110 110101001001 11011000 01001 100101100001 11001 1010101 000101010101 0111001 0101001001 100101010 0100 1101101011 01010110100 11000001010100 111 101001010 111101101 1010010001000 1101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word our 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 Our Lives To Live Objectified;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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