This is an analysis of the poem This Aging Man that begins with:
Today I didn't turn away,
From this aging man staring....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBac XaXX deaeeffXd aaBaaXca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01110101 0010110 10111 010100101 01110111 11011101 111101 010101000110101 1101 111101 01001001 101111 10101 11011111 1110101 110110101 10101010011 01 110101 0010110 111010001001 001011000101101 101010100101 0010100101 110111100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; you', 'thank, i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word 'thank is repeated.
The author used the same word today at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase staring connects the lines.
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