This is an analysis of the poem Anacreontic that begins with:
Born I was to be old,
And for to die here;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001 11011 101001 11011 101111 11010 111001 11010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- 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; to is repeated.
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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