This is an analysis of the poem Over The Years that begins with:
Over the years,
And facing to address my obstacles......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbXac XXcac XcXdabcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1000 1100111100 1100110 110100 010011 01101 11011101 11110 010110 110110 10010101 1101 11110 1101010000 10111010 10100100101 10111000011010 111001001 10100101100 00100110101001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
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- summary of Over The Years;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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