This is an analysis of the poem Just Old And Tired Methods that begins with:
I remembered being 'tagged' smart.
And intelligent....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabcd XebXf eeeg hfbfXf XbbiXXfgigXbh jbddc jfbXXdfhd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,4,6,13,5,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010101 10100 1100111100 10101100 0011101 001010101 101010001 110001 1001 111001 1110101010 11111010 11011010 110011010 10101100100010 1111110110 110111001 0001 01010101 101011100100 010101001101 101 1100101010 110010111 1110011101 01 101111110010 0010010111 1101010 00010101 10 01010001110 111111111010 110110 111101 111111010 001001001010 11101 1010001101 11011000111 0101111 01100101 01110001010100 101110011110 101101 110101010 01010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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, of, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
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- summary of Just Old And Tired Methods;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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