This is an analysis of the poem 67 Shades Of Age that begins with:

Changing with each phase,
On a stage of life beset with plateaus......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXb bXcdefdXg XachXfX agbgXicX iehfXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,9,7,8,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011 1010101010 1111010 10100110100 1110101011 001010101100011 0101110010 110100100011010100 11 1010101101001010 011110101010111 11010100 11110110001 0101111100010 11111101001 101010001001111 101010011110 010101011011 01011101101 1010001101010110 111010100100 111101010 0101110011110101 111010001100 1 001010101 1110010011101 100101101 01101010100111100 110101010101 10010111011001 1111010001000 1111101011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, to, and, i are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of 67 Shades Of Age;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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