This is an analysis of the poem They Live Light Years Away that begins with:
They live light years away...
People who refuse the conflicts....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: ABACABA AXAcAdd ABACABAX AEAEAEA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,8,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001 10101010 111001 1010101 111001 1011110 101010101 111001 111110 111001 111001 111001 1110100 001001011 111001 10101010 111001 1010101 111001 1011110 101010101 0101101 111001 011111 111001 011111 111001 011111 111001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
The author used the same word they 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 They Live Light Years Away;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of We Were Married
- Analysis of Meant And Kept For What It Is
- Analysis of Mutilated Is A Liberation
