This is an analysis of the poem Late Ripeness that begins with:

Not soon, as late as the approach of my ninetieth year,
I felt a door opening in me and I entered...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc cX Xda efc XX gX Xdefg bXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,3,3,2,2,5,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111001011001 1101100011110 010001010 11001011010010 110100110 101010100101 01011110 10100011011001 1111010010 111011 1011110111110001 11110101010 001110001100 101000111110101 00110111110 1001011010001 011010011001010 010100101010101 100101011101 1010010 111111100100010 1111110101011 1011010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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