This is an analysis of the poem Is He Too Old... that begins with:
Is he too old to be president?
Can a bird fly with one wing? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXbcaXXdbcXXXXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011100101 1011011 1111 1111001 1101 11111000 010 101011000 110101 1111111 1101010 0110100 0111110 10111 11 111 0110100101 101100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 478
- Average number of words per stanza: 88
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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