This is an analysis of the poem The Old-Time Family that begins with:
It makes me smile to hear 'em tell each other nowadays
The burdens they are bearing, with a child or two to raise....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc bXddee Xdffgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01110101110101 01011100011101 01010101110001 111110101110101 111010101110111 0110101010101001 101011100110101 11111101011100 01010101010111 111010101110101 111011101110101 110101010111011 101010100110110 111110111110101 111011101011101 101010100011111 101011101110101 11011101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 366
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (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, eight, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word eight is repeated.
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