This is an analysis of the poem A Boost For Modern Methods that begins with:

In some respects the old days were perhaps ahead of these,
Before we got to wanting wealth and costly luxuries;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbXXddbbddeeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010110010101 01110101110100 010111001010101 11010101111101 11010101010011 111101010011101 01010101110001 101011111110101 11110110110111 11010101010110 01110111110111 01011101101101 11010111011101 11010101111101 11010101110101 11111111110101 11011101100110 11010101110011 11010111001111 101110101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 234
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (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; to, i, and, of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of A Boost For Modern Methods;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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