This is an analysis of the poem Go Ask Your Grandmother that begins with:
When time comes to replace the old,
With new adventures to address......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdXXbabe XX fXg dfgX ahdaXgfc X ge X hghi iaX Xg X cXgad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,2,3,4,8,1,2,1,4,3,2,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100101 01010011 111110 100100111 1010100100 100101010010 110101010111 10101101110 00101100001 11011101001 10 1110101111 010101010101 0111010011 111001010 1101 10011001 11001000 11111101 10 1 110100111 110101001 00110111 110010111 010001 01010 1111111 010 10101111 11101 10 1111101110100 01010 111001100 11100 011 11101010 1010111 11100 1111111 111110 1001 01010011 001011010 1100
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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, stupid are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines chemistry is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Go Ask Your Grandmother;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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