This is an analysis of the poem Old Age that begins with:

Thy mission is accomplished— painter— sage,
Look to thy crown of glory— for thy brow... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccccdcddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1100010101 1011010111 01000100101 1111101101 011010011 01110011101 01110100101 110100101001 1100110011 111100101111 00101110111 11001011101 0101110111 111101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 635
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy is repeated.

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