This is an analysis of the poem Older, Younger, Both that begins with:
I feel older, younger, both
at once. Every time I win,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba XXa ccdc XbXe cXddXbce
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,4,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 11100111 11100111 101110101 1101011011 101100111 11110101 10111111 100111111 0101101111101 0101101001 11101010 010101011 111110101 1110101011 11001001011 1010001101 111111111110 1111110010010 1111101101 11110010101101 111010111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, must, begin, again, and, start are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines and is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word again at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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