This is an analysis of the poem Old Age that begins with:
OLD age is courteous--no one more:
For time after time he knocks at the door,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110100111 1110111101 11111100110 111100101 110111001 11111011100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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