This is an analysis of the poem With A Finding Of More Life To Live that begins with:

If I sat back and thought,
About those battles I fought to win......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXaXbaX XbbXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 011111 011101101 11101100101 001000111 0111100101 001001101 10101100 0110001 010101011100 11101011 0101110 1110 110010 1111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; to, i, it are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of With A Finding Of More Life To Live;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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