This is an analysis of the poem As old as Woe that begins with:
As old as Woe -
How old is that?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XAbXAb ccXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 1101 101100 1111 1101 110100 01010111 110111 01000111 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, old are repeated.
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