This is an analysis of the poem Aj, Age 15 that begins with:

I once chased my brother
Down to the edge of the sea. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXcXXXddee bbaXXXcdeXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 1001001 1111110 111101 01101 10101100 1110001 01011110 1111111 11011101 11111 101001 010101101 001110101 1000100101010 111100010101 0111001010100 11011011 1001111 11011110101 10011010110 0110101 10000101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 412
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with is repeated.

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  • summary of Aj, Age 15;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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