This is an analysis of the poem As I Age that begins with:

For six weeks,
I was in isolation....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcbXdced eeccffXacX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 1101010 0110010010 1010110101 11010111110 111111100110 1011011 1001 101011011 001 101111101111 01 111100100101 101110 1101011101 111101111101 110100100 1111010010 1111101011010 011111001010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of As I Age;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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