This is an analysis of the poem Life that begins with:
What know we of the dead, who say these things,
Or of the life in death below the mould-- ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXabbacdcdcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1110011111 1001010101 1001011101 1101111000 1101010111 1101010111 1011110101 11010101001 11010111001 11011011101 1111010111 0101111101 0101010001 0111000100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 608
- Average number of words per stanza: 119
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are 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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