This is an analysis of the poem Quatrains that begins with:
One said: Thy life is thine to make or mar,
To flicker feebly, or to soar, a star;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXa bbcX ddcX eXfe gghg ffef eeXX hXfh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111010111 0101010101 0101010101 0101111101 1100010111 1101111101 0111010101 100110001010 1101110101 10010011111 0111101110 1101110110100 1110110101 1001010100 101010101010 1101111111 0101010111 0101000111 01110100111 0101001101 1101000101 11011101010 1101011111 11110101110 0101011111 1111111111 0100111001 010111010100 1001110101 1001010100010 0111010101 0101111111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, thine, or, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase chance connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Quatrains;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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