This is an analysis of the poem Growing Old that begins with:
Somehow the skies don't seem so blue
As they used to be;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefgdgd hihiddddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111 11100 1010101 11111 1110001 11111 1011111 10101 1111111 11101 1111001 111001 1110110 10001 1111101 10101 1010101 11101 1010101 10101 1010101 10111 1010101 1000101 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Growing Old;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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