This is an analysis of the poem Aged Excuses that begins with:

Aged excuses to use and betray common sense,
Have been the same excuses made today to make okay......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdedcce XdXbb ddaefag X g bagdd XXcdXfgad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,7,1,1,5,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001101101 10010101010111 001001110001 001011010010010 101010101100101 0010110101010 00100011001110 01000010101001 10101100010101 110 1011111010 1100101 0110111101 11100010100101101 1110110 001111010010 1011101001101 001011010001010 110111010010101 0011010010100 110111010101010 1110111 1 11101 0101010110 101111101110 1111101 111001000101 1111100110101 1111010111010 11010100101 1101110101010 1 110101111 11100101000111 01110101011101 0001011111001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Aged Excuses;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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