This is an analysis of the poem Older Than You that begins with:
We are younger in years! Yes, that is true;
But in some things we are older than you.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXXbaa ccddddaa eeffggcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1110001101 1011111011 1101011001 10101110010 11101111 101101101 111111101 0111010111 100101111 111101001 1101100101 01101001001 011100101 100111001 101101101 10011111 101110101 1110101111 01001011011 1101101111 100101101 1001101011 100111001 00110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 319
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- 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; in, it, think are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, think are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase think connects the lines.
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