This is an analysis of the poem This Life that begins with:
With Kit, Age 7, at the Beach
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aaXb bbac XcXc XXcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111101 1110101 0101111 0101010 1010011 11111 11001 11111 11011001 101101 111111 11110110 111111 10111110 01010 1011110011 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of This Life;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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