This is an analysis of the poem A College Career that begins with:
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When one is young and eager,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a baXaccca dcdceXec cecefffe X fafabbbX egeXXXXg hfXfeeeX iaiaffXe Xcicjjjc X ehehkkkh Xiiallli X bfXfffff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,1,8,8,8,8,8,1,8,8,1,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1101110 010101 101101 110101 1101010 1101010 1111010 010001 0111110 100101 0101010 110101 1101110 110010 0101010 110101 1111110 110111 1111010 011101 0101010 0101010 0101010 110111 1 1101110 111111 0101110 010101 0111010 1111010 1001010 100101 1111110 111111 1101110 110010 1101100 0111011 1100100 110111 1101011 011111 1101110 011111 0101010 1101010 1111010 110111 1111010 110111 1110010 0100101 1101010 0100010 0111100 11100 1111010 110111 1101010 100101 1111010 1001010 1111010 010111 1 0111110 110101 0101110 111101 1101010 1101110 0101010 010111 11011 110100 11111100 111001 11111001 1101011 0101011 111100 1 0101010 110111 110100 010101 1101010 0101010 1101110 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 92
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; he, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, his are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines books is repeated).
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- summary of A College Career;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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