This is an analysis of the poem Broken Wings that begins with:

GRAY-HEADED POETS, whom the full years bless
With life and health and chance still multiplied... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdededfgbgbdbdbcXchchceieifgfgcccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 0111111101 0111011101 1111 11001110101 1101101101 1101110101 1111 1001110111 1111111111 1101011101 0101 1101011101 11100101111 1101011111 0111 1111111101 1101111111 1111110101 1101 0101101101 1101011101 11110101100 0101 1111010001 01010101010 0111110101 1111 1101110111 0111101101 1011000111 1101 1010011101 1111100101 1111010111 1101 110000100101 1011000101 1001011011 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1602
  • Average number of words per stanza: 280
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, your, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words their, and are repeated.

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