This is an analysis of the poem The Same Old Strain that begins with:
Each day that I live I am persuaded anew,
A maxim I long have believed in, is true.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeXdef gXhh ddii bbff XdgXXg bbjj Xccdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,4,4,4,6,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 111111101001 01011101001 11111000101 11101011011 111101011001 11001011001 11001001001 11101001001 11101111001 111011011101 110101010011 11 1 11101011 1010010110001 11101111101 111001001111 111110100101 11001101101 001011111101 101011001101 101101101001 11101011101 001011111001 1111111001 1001011011001 11001011011 101011001101 11001011111 0101101 10 11 1101111101 001001101101 01101001011 01001101101 1100111101 01101011001 11101001011 01011011001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; i, of, he, his, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, it are repeated.
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- summary of The Same Old Strain;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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