This is an analysis of the poem Life Of My Life, You Seem To Me that begins with:

Life of my life, you seem to me
Like some pallid olive tree...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaababab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101 1110101 1010111 111110 1100100101 01010100 10110111 0101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less 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; me, in are repeated.

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  • summary of Life Of My Life, You Seem To Me;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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