This is an analysis of the poem The Old Man's Blessing that begins with:
Mine eye is dull, my hair is white,
This arm is powerless for the fight,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee ffXXggbbhhiiXXcjXjXdXXXiiggkkXbbXiibb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,37,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 010100101 01010101 1101111 11011101 11111101 01111101 01111101 11011101 010011101 01111101 11111101 1110111 10111100 11101010 11101010 1110101 11010101 111010 1010101 10101001 1010011 1110100 00001010 00001010 1000111 101010 11101111 111011 11011101 0011100 11111100 11101110 11101001 1010101 1111101 11111001 1011100 1111100 111111100 10101110 11111111 001010 101111 10011101 010111001 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 777
- Average number of words per stanza: 145
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; may, be, thy, ye are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words may, be are repeated.
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- summary of The Old Man's Blessing;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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