This is an analysis of the poem Growing Old that begins with:
AFTER THOMAS CAREW
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aBabbB cdddeeff ggddhhiiecdd jjff Xdddkk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,8,12,4,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010 110111 1111101 1011111 1110101 1110011 1111101 10101010 1010111 11101011 1011101 1011101 1010100 1010101 10101001 01101010 10111110 01011111 11011101 11011111 11111101 11010101 10110101 110010110 11111100 11011101 11111101 1011101 01010101 1111101 1110101 1110100 0010100 10111011 101011101 111110010 110100110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; but, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words but, and are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).
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- idea of the verse;
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