This is an analysis of the poem Now That I'M Older And Much Wiser that begins with:

I married into what I thought would be,
Then......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcdXd XeXXXdd fbce aXgXe ffb XXcgd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,4,5,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100011110 1 000101 1110100101 010110 1 10010 100 0101110 00101 11110011 11101 11101 10101 111 110101110 1100101 101010100001010 1011101 11110111 1010111 1111110110 110101010100 0010001001101 11010 0111010 1100100101 1111011101011 1 11111000 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, too, to are repeated.

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

  • summary of Now That I'M Older And Much Wiser;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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