This is an analysis of the poem When We Were Young At Home that begins with:

I'm growing old, I'm growing old,
My hair is ting'd with gray ; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcD dedefdfD agagfdfD dhXhcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 110101 01010111 111101 11010101 1110101 11010101 110111 11010101 011101 11010101 110101 110101011 1011101 01011001 110111 110101101 111111 1101110001 010111 11010101 1101001 11010111 110111 11110111 110101 11111101 110001 10011101 010101 11111111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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