This is an analysis of the poem As That Old Saying Goes that begins with:
As that old saying goes,
If one continues to pose for selfies......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbcccbd eX cdbfXX XX Xg X egbc X cbf XX gdcfbaaab XX cbbfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,2,6,2,2,1,4,1,3,2,9,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 0101001110 0101110 001001000 100110010 00100001101 1101011 10011101001 0101010 11101111 1110011 11 0001110 101011 101111101 01001100 1110 10 101101 01101011 1111010010010 110101 1 11010 11101001 10101110101 1011 01 1110101 110010001011 11 1111001 1110001100 11010110 111011111 1110011010 101010110 00010101101 1111101 1110101 11100101 1 1111011100 10111 1101 111001 111 0101110100
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that's, you are repeated.
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- summary of As That Old Saying Goes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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