This is an analysis of the poem Chased By Aging Faces that begins with:

A budding of those young done,
Comes......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXXcXc AdXefe abXXfbe aXefgg edagXbabXbfdbaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,7,6,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100111 1 1011 1010111 1011 11101 10111100101 0100111 01 10101010101 110101001 1010001 01011111 0100011 1 1111011 1100100101 11010110 001100010 110100001111 110100011 101001000 1111001 11110 001000110101 0110100111 1111 1001 10100011 101 11101 0101010101 10100110101 1100101010010 10111111010 0111111 111100100 110101 010101 10101101 1110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Chased By Aging Faces;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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