This is an analysis of the poem The Son In Old Age that begins with:
Thy noble face, Regina, calls to mind
My poor lost little one, my latest born....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcddaecfgagXdfdfhddXiXhei
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101010101 1111011101 11010101010 111001011001 1001010111 1101110100 1111011001 1101110111 1011110111 1111111110 1101011111 1111111101 1101111111 1011111111 1111111011 111101010100 1111111101 01100111110 1111010101 0101101111 0101110101 1111010011 1011011111 1101111101 1101010011 11011110101 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1174
- Average number of words per stanza: 231
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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, it, and, i, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of The Son In Old Age;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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