This is an analysis of the poem Age Seven that begins with:
Ay, age seven
Ay, the magnanimous moment of departure ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcd CaddeeeCfbbbgb CdghX edddddhbA CbCidi CigjX kia Cijdk ClMnXiXdMdi FFA bmd nl haaaakXid n X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,14,5,9,6,5,3,5,11,3,3,2,9,1,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110 100100100010 11010101 10001001001100 101 0101101011010 010111 010111 1 1 1 101 11011011001 10110 10 10 1 010 101 110101 1011 1011101001000101 1010001100 101111110101 1101000101 00101 100101 01001 11111001 11 11110 1110 101 101110 101 111100 1110011011 10010100101 101 11001 110 11 111 10010001 1010010101 111000101011 101 1110100 11 11110100110 1111 101 101001010111101001101 11 111001 101000100100 1110101001010 10100101001 11101001 11 11011101010111110 01010110110 01001010 01001010 1110 1111110 1100101010110011 011010101010 11111 1110100010100 111011111 1101001010 11 1 01100 1111 00111000011111 10101110 1001010 11111 010110100
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 82
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; and, broke, water, of, desks, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ay, between, broke, water, we, and, the, how are repeated.
The author used the same word after at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines us, broke, water, desks, coming, moon are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases broke, water, moon connect the lines.
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- summary of Age Seven;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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