This is an analysis of the poem The Quality Of Their Lives that begins with:
If a doing done is not meant with intention,
And in sight day and night for many to see....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXXb bcaXcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001010110010 10111111001 10001000 1001011001 11010101010 001010010101 10101010100001 1111010101 10010101001 0100011 110101011001 110001011010000
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Quality Of Their Lives;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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