This is an analysis of the poem In The Old Age Of The Soul that begins with:
I do not choose to dream; there cometh on me
Some strange old lust for deeds....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXbcXbcXaXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11110111011 111111 1001001011100 01110111010 11010111110 101111 1101001010010 11010010101110 1111111111 11110101110 0100010010 01011111110 01011111101 111101011010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 611
- Average number of words per stanza: 116
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; grown, old are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words grown, forgetful are repeated.
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