This is an analysis of the poem Youth that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcd efXgfffef XdaghbcXigXdciccd Xggchcfc Xaihhfd XcfXfcXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,17,8,7,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11 101100100001010 1010010010010 01010101 011010010 01101100101 1010101111 010101001 010001001011001 110100010 100011110011 1010101100001010 11101110001000101 101001100010 1 10 1010101010 110101100010 111010010010 1010101010010 0111010101010 110011010101110 011101110 111101 11110101111000 1101111111111 110101010100 001010010010 1010100111000101 1110111111 0101010101 1 1001 0101011100101001 010110100101001010 0100101010111010110 1111001001100110 0100100010100 1001011101 1 1111100010 01000101 010001010011010 1101101010 101011010010100 010111 01101010 00101110100 0101000101 1101010000011 11001110 001001000101001 11011101100101 0101100101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 385
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; and, your, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, the are repeated.

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  • summary of Youth;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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