This is an analysis of the poem Why Not? that begins with:
Poet, sing me a song to-day !
But the world grows old and my hair is gray. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bbccddaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110101 1011111101 11111101110 10111001110 110010110010 111010110010 10101001001 1111110111 1100100101 0101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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