This is an analysis of the poem The Reality Which Is My Life that begins with:
As I age,
Most of my decisions......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbXcX Xbaadcd efcfcghfg X ggg XX gX eXXgbha
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,9,1,3,2,2,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 101010 10110001 0100101010 001001011 101101010 01111 1101101010 111001010 0110101 1100010 10111101001 1101111 10100111011 110 1111101 110101010 001000101010 1101110111110 01101011101 0010111101 10010 111101 11111011 1 11 11011 110100 11111 1 11011 110 1111111000 1 110 111 1111001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; i is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Reality Which Is My Life;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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