This is an analysis of the poem This Life Which Seems So Fair that begins with:

This Life, which seems so fair,
Is like a bubble blown up in the air... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aababcaccacX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111 0101011001 110101 110101 1111110001 1100110011 1011010011 1101001101 1100010011 1011011101 1111010001 0101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 464
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, to, it are repeated.

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

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