This is an analysis of the poem Life, A Language. that begins with:

Life is a language every man must use,
Some with a wondrous faculty, and some...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010100111 1001010011 1101111100 11000110101 1001010011 0100010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Life, A Language.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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