This is an analysis of the poem For Life that begins with:
SHUT in by self, as by a brazen wall,
In a dry, windless court alone,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab Xbcb Xada eded fgfg eheh XiXi dada dada cjcjXdada
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011110101 00110101 1101010111 110111 11010101010 11010101 010100111001 010101 11001111100 11010101 1101011111 110101 11110100101 11010111 0101010101 110101 11010101010 11011101 110111010010 1100101 1001010101 01110101 1100011101 0101001 1101111101 11110111 1101111100 010111 11100010101 11010101 100100101 110101 11001110111 1101010001 1101001111 011001 11001010101 1111010101 1001010111 000101 1101010111 01110110111 0111010111 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 44
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ever, nor, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nor is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of For Life;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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