This is an analysis of the poem Part Of Life, That Is that begins with:

Few get to sit in the midst of it.
Part of life that is....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBABCB aXcddeXXX ABCB XaaXXX XXXXe eb ABCBABCBXABCB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,4,6,5,2,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100100 10110 00100010101001 10110 110100100 10110 00100010101001 10110 10100101011 01000100 1101 100110 11 011111 11 01110101 001111001 110100100 10110 00100010101001 10110 11101110 1001 1010 110001 1001011 101 0100 01100011101 10111110 0110 101 0101 10 110100100 10110 00100010101001 10110 110100100 10110 00100010101001 10110 110100100 10110 00100010101001 10110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; of, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word few at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines life is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word is 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 Part Of Life, That Is;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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