This is an analysis of the poem Apologies For Living On that begins with:

I am living on
because providing apologies is easy...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa b cde fdg afh X egb Xbh b bXc Xcg bcX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,3,3,3,1,3,3,1,3,3,3,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 010100100010 1 111010 0100010100 101011001 110101 0101010 10101110 111010100 01111011 1000111010001 1 11101 01011010 11111011 11111 1101011 110001100101 1 11010010 101001110 1001011001001101 110001001001 101111100100 0111111011100111 110110111 110011111011 01010010110010 1100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 72
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, i are 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 Apologies For Living On;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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