This is an analysis of the poem At Thirty-Five that begins with:
Three score and ten, the psalmist saith,
And half my course is well-nigh run;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbc dedeacac dadaacac fefegcgc hihijcjc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110101 11110111 11111101 11110111 11111111 11010101 11010111 01010101 11011101 11010101 11010111 11010101 11011101 11011101 111100001 11110101 11111001 11111101 01010101 11110001 111111001 11110101 11010101 11111101 10110101 11011101 11011111 01111100 11111111 11111111 11010101 11110101 01011101 11110001 01010101 11010101 01010111 01011101 111101001 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, and, o, here, we, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i've, o, and are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word five at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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