This is an analysis of the poem Adolescent Ways that begins with:

Aging are many people,
Insecure and adolescent....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabacabaXXacbXbXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 10011010 010111 001010101 001000100 111 111101010 1101001 100011100 0001010 0100010 10100100010 1011101 11011110101 1010111 101000110 010010 0011010010010100 001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 599
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; to, their are repeated.

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

  • summary of Adolescent Ways;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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