This is an analysis of the poem Life that begins with:
First you're born - and I'll be bound you
Find a dozen strangers round you.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXccbbddaXaXeXefffe gghhhhbbiiaaAdidiccci iiiiddhhffjjAkgXgkkkGAkG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,21,24,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111011 10101011 1000101110 10011011110 1010101 1010101 10101010 10111110 10101011 10101010 10010101 1010001 11111111 1100 0110 1010 1001 111 1101 1011 01000 11111010 10000010 11100010 10111010 1111101 1010101 11101010 10111010 00111010 10101010 1010101 11101111 11111111 1010 1010 1110 1010 111 1101 1111 01010 10101110 101101110 10101010 11111110 1011101 1011101 11100010 11001110 10101110 11101010 1110101 1110101 11111111 1010 1110 1110 1010 101 1011 1111 01010 11111111 111 01010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 588
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ho is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word fairy is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is 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.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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