This is an analysis of the poem That Lives In Us that begins with:
If you put your hands on this oar with me,
they will never harm another, and they will come to find...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdXbefaXghXhXdecehhXgaf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111110101 10101010110101 1110111 011111010111110 110101 11111101 110110 110 01111010101 010110101010110 00111111100101 1101 01000010101 10101101001110101 11100101111 1110101001001110 0111010110100100 0111 0101010110010 011011111101111 1010111011 01111010101010 100101010010101101 1100100 110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1099
- Average number of words per stanza: 210
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, you, your, that, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of That Lives In Us;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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