This is an analysis of the poem Old Age that begins with:

It may be, when this city of the nine gates
Is broken down by ruinous old age,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddXecce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010100011 0101110011 1110110100 11011111001 11110010101 11101100101 11000101101 1000010101 0101110100 110101010010 11010001010 11111100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 497
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; of is repeated.

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