This is an analysis of the poem Fragments - Lines 0425 - 0428 that begins with:

Not to be born is the best of all things for those who live on earth,
And not to gaze on the radiance of the keen-burning sun....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001011111111 110110100001101 11110001010110011101 1010101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Fragments - Lines 0425 - 0428;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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