This is an analysis of the poem Life that begins with:
CHILDREN, ye have not lived, to you it seems
Life is a lovely stalactite of dreams, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbc cddaa aaee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1011110101 1001010001 1100010111 0111110101 0101010100 1011111101 11100101111 1101110101 11010010101 1111011100 1111001111 11010011000 10010101101 1011111001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, and are repeated.
The author used the same word children at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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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