This is an analysis of the poem That Right To Live The Life You Like that begins with:

You've got to fight,
For that right to live the life you like....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcd ABed DDFAG Beac DDFAG BdA BdA BdAXBdA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,5,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1101 111010111 1100010 110001 1101 111010111 1101011 111010001 10101111 011110001001 1001011010 1100101 0010100110111 110111111 11 111 00101111101 10101111 011110001001 1001011010 1100101 0010100110111 110111111 1 01011111 110111111 1 101010101 110111111 1 01011111 110111111 1 101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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 is repeated.

    The author used the same word you've 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 That Right To Live The Life You Like;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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