This is an analysis of the poem Aging Does Not Guarantee One Wisdom that begins with:

Aging does not guarantee one wisdom automatically.
Or an unblemished integrity wished, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbCXXX AXddde AXCAad XebX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110111010100 1101001001 0101010100100 101010001 001001010 110010110001 1000100101010100 0101001010101 01101001111010 1101010111 101011011111 0110100101101 101110111010100 11010010001101 0101010100100 1000100101010100 111110110 11001001011010 0101101110 1101011010 010001001001001 110101001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Aging Does Not Guarantee One Wisdom;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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