This is an analysis of the poem To A Young Man that begins with:
Seneca—Solon—Caesar or Cicero—
Take any old and noble name you know,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaa bbcc ddbb XdXX eeXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10010101101 1101110111 0101110001 1101011101 1001011101 1101000101 11011101 0101010001 1101010111 0111010001 1111111101 1111110001 11110111 0111110101 0001010001 0100100111 1111111101 1100111101 1101010001 1111111011 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, or, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word but is repeated.
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