This is an analysis of the poem A Man Young And Old: Xi. From Oedipus At Colonus that begins with:
Endure what life God gives and ask no longer span;
Cease to remember the delights of youth, travel-wearied aged man;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc ddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 011111111101 1001000101101011 01011100110101 100101100101 1010100100101000111 1111001011110101 0011001010101 01010001110110111001 11010101111111 100110110101 10011010110011000101 01010111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; never, have, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word never is repeated.
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