This is an analysis of the poem Life that begins with:
What is our life? A play of passion,
Our mirth the music of division, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXXXaabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101010 110100010 1101010100 1111101100 10001011000 1111111101 1111100101 1111010101 1111001101 1011010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 426
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; our is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word our is repeated.
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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