This is an analysis of the poem Song for the Old Ones that begins with:
My Fathers sit on benches
their flesh counts every plank...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcc adeX abXb adXX eaXa eaXa efXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101110 1111001 0111010 101101 1111010 111101 1111010 110111 1011010 110101 01110010 011111 1101010 111111 1111010 110111 1101010 110111 0101010 111001 1101110 110111 1111010 010101 1101110 011001 01010101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 28
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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- summary of Song for the Old Ones;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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