This is an analysis of the poem The Light Of Life that begins with:
We come to live.
Not to follow as shadows....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDc dbbbc XecXe fXeeggcXXba ABCDeXe dfXef ABcccde dXXdXX dgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,11,7,5,7,6,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 1010111 11001 01010 010010001 111010000100 001010 100111 10101110 100101 1111 111001 0100100 101000 101 1110100101 1011 101001 00101101110 110101 111101 1101100101 10010 1001110100 00101011 0101 1101 1010111 11001 01010 01111 001101100 10011001 10100101 001110101 110110110 11 1101010001 1101 1010111 001011 111111 1100111 110100 0100101010 100010 101010 110111101010 10010 1101100101 111000101001 111110010 0111 0101010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; to is repeated.
The author used the same word we 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 The Light 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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