This is an analysis of the poem These Are New Days We Live that begins with:
Difficult it is,
To maintain a persona......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDEFD Acgah cdch cX ABCDEFD X iaXXg XgjHjcHX cX chhij hjaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,4,2,7,1,5,8,2,5,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10000 0010010 0100 001010100 11100100 101001 1110100 10000 01011010 1110010 010101010 01101000 111110 010100 11101 01100101 1110001 11110 10000 0010010 0100 001010100 11100100 101001 1110100 11011100100 101010100 111010 1111011001 11 0100100011 1010010101 00111 00101010 10 1111110 01011110 10 0111101110 1101010 100111001 11101010 1100100 001 1111111 101011010001 01101 0110111011 1 1001001111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 50
- 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, of are repeated.
The author used the same words difficult, how 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 These Are New Days We Live;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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