This is an analysis of the poem As I Aged With A Growing that begins with:

I've doubled up on my love for life.
I learned games to play and I've paid that price....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXX bcbac AXXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110111111 1110111111 11111101110 11110010 1110100101 1101010010 011110111 11010111111 110111111 00101110101 010101010010111 1111011101 0010010111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of As I Aged With A Growing;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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