This is an analysis of the poem Witnessing As I Live that begins with:
I have never before been given the opportunity,
To rehearse the process of aging....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABXcXd XecXe ABdbXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001010010100 001011010 1111001 111000101 101011001 11 1110011111 001011101 10100111011 1010011 100101011001 111001010010100 001011010 11101 01101000 11 1001110111 01101011011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i 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 Witnessing As I Live;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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