This is an analysis of the poem The Age that begins with:

My beast, my age, who will try
to look you in the eye,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXbXb cddXdecd XebeXfef egegXbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 011001 110101 01000100 010101 110101 100101010 10111 1110111 010101 1010101 00111 1111 1010101 1001001 010011 01101 10101101 010101 10111001 01010 011011 1010101 1010001 1110101 01101 11101 11001001 11001011 11100101 01011011 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 352
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Age;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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