This is an analysis of the poem Outdated that begins with:
From the distance their voices reminds one,
Of children whining....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXab XbXX cccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0010110011 01010 11010101101 010100010000 0110100111001 101101011100 1101010000100 1111 1 011010001 1110001 111110001110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, be are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines changed is repeated).
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- summary of Outdated;
- central theme;
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