This is an analysis of the poem To Live that begins with:
We both have our hands to give
Take mine I shall lead you afar ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa bcdXd efc XfaffdcXgg bbXffXbf XggXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,3,10,8,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101 11111101 11110011111 01001111111001101011111 10101111010001 110100 010011011101 111111 110110110 110010110101 101010111111 010100111 100101001111 10010011 010111 011101 00110111101 00111 1111100 1010100 1000110011001 1010101 0010100100100 111111110 11101011001 101010111 111101 111111010110 1111001101100110 11100110010 01010110101 00110110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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; have, i, and, of, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, through are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of To Live;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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