This is an analysis of the poem Death May Be Ageing that begins with:
Death may be ageing
But he still has clout...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa ba cd bdXd beXce
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11010 11111 11101 00101 11110 111111 11011 00110 101110 11101 11011 001110 111010 011010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 51
- Average number of words per stanza: 10
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word but is repeated.
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