This is an analysis of the poem Old Scout that begins with:
Is it because I'm bent and grey,
Though wearing rather well,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacac adedfdfd dXdXadaX ghghieie
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00010111 110101 11110101 010111 00011101 110101 11110101 1101 11011101 111111 11110100 110111 11010111 110101 100111001 0011 01010101 110011 01000111 010100 01010000 010101 01010101 10100 11010101 010111 01010001 110001 00010111 1101110 11001101 01110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 326
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Old Scout;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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