This is an analysis of the poem What Is Life? that begins with:
Resembles Life what once was held of Light,
Too ample in itself for human sight ?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbbbcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0101111101 1100011101 110111100100 1111110011 1000010101 01011100010 1101110101 01010100111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 354
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all, of are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of What Is Life?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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