This is an analysis of the poem Those Old And Aging People that begins with:
Give it up and don't accept,
Those tired bones....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABABABCXDEFAADEF X GhBGhHB X ABABABCeCCeC X GhBGhHBh CeC CeCXCeC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,1,7,1,12,1,8,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101 1101 1011101 1111 1011101 1101 101 1 01101010 11 001000111 1011101 1011101 01101010 11 001000111 11 1111010 1 01010111 11111010 1 011101 11010101 11 1011101 1101 1011101 1111 1011101 1101 101 1 101 101 1 101 11 1111010 1 01010111 11111010 1 011101 11010101 1010101 101 1 101 101 1 101 101 1 101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, give, it, up are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word give is repeated.
The author used the same word give at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines accept, up are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word up at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Those Old And Aging People;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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