This is an analysis of the poem The Old-Timer that begins with:
Times, they say, must change, and folks must change with 'em too:
That's how it is in the West, now the old lights seem to fail:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bcbX eXeX fXfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111111111001 11000011011101 01011010110101 1101011101011 110101101111 011010111101 1101110100011 11111100101001 1101011010101 1101111101111101 01001010101111 101110011010101 11010110010101 100110111001001 10011100101011 10100101101001010 100101110000101 11011100111 11011011101001 110101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, that, on, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word give is repeated.
The author used the same word give at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Old-Timer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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