This is an analysis of the poem Old-Fashioned Child. that begins with:

He was born old; they who got him were grey,
And quaint as things that long had seasoned here...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcXXabdXdacb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111111101 1111111101 1111011100 0100010111 1010111111 0101010101 11011010101 1001000101 1111010111 1101001101 0111100111 0101001101 11001001101 1011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 584
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.

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  • summary of Old-Fashioned Child.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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