This is an analysis of the poem Stages that begins with:

As every flower fades and as all youth
Departs, so life at every stage,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacbcdedefd dfgXgdhffh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001011111 011111001 11001011101 10011111010 11110111001 01011101010 0101010101 0111111101 0101010101 1101110101 010011101010 11110001011 01010110011 11111101010 01010101110 0101011100 11011101110 1101010100 1001001111 11010111010 11110101010 1001111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 443
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; every, so, us are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word be is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines us is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Stages;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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