1. Gender is unknown (Most likely male) with a first person point of view (Found by line 11). Setting/Circumstances unidentifiable.
2. Structured by three stanzas with rhyming in the last word of some lines. Total of 3 rhymes. A break in stanza two represented by a (;).
3. The theme of the poem is that wisdom is attained through age and sorrow. In order to be considered wise, one must live.
4. His grammar is characterized by commas, semicolons, and concrete ideas as lines. Typically completes a clause in one or two lines.
5. Figurative language example - "They sleep and dream and have no weight." "How long a seed must rot to grow." Literal language example - "On throbless heart and heatless brain, and feel no stir of joy or pain."
6. Important words include: "Grow" (Line 3), "Satiate" (Line 7), "Immunity" (Line 12)
7. The author's tone is informative in and optimistic sense.
8. Literary techniques include rhyme schemes, metaphors (i.e. line 3), a form of anaphora or repetition (Dead men... in lines 1, 4, and 7).
9. As stated above, the flow resembles several clauses/examples typically sorted by one to two lines.
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