This is an analysis of the poem To Life that begins with:

O life with the sad seared face,
   I weary of seeing thee, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abac dcdb bXba efef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111 1100101 11101111001 1111100 111111 111100 111011111 101111 111101 100101 11111111 110101 111001 110111 11011101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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