This is an analysis of the poem Life that begins with:
As late I journey'd o'er the extensive plain
Where native Otter sports his scanty stream,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eefeff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 111101000101 1101010101 1001010101 01001011001 11001010011 1111011101 10001010001 11110111001 1011111101 1101011101 1101011101 111111010001 1111110001 1101010100101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Life;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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