This is an analysis of the poem Reluctant To Leave Those 'Yesterdays' Alone that begins with:
If there is one thing learned,
That growing older teaches......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcde Xbfefa XdXcde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010111 1101010 0010010 1011000 0001001010 010101010 010001111 1100100 1010100101 00100001 10010010111 1101 1010001 10010101 01111000110 1010100100 1101001110001 00100101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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 Reluctant To Leave Those 'Yesterdays' Alone;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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