This is an analysis of the poem What Fifty Said.. that begins with:

When I was young my teachers were the old.
I gave up fire for form till I was cold....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111110001 11110111111 1101010101 1101010101 11111110101 1101010111 11110101010 11010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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  • summary of What Fifty Said..;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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