This is an analysis of the poem Young Men And Women, Strong And Sound that begins with:

Young men and women, strong and sound,
Adorn with beautiful excess...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abbacc Addacc Aeeaff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 01010011 01111101 11000101 111101010 110101010 11110111 11010101 11110101 01011101 000101110 010111010 11110111 11011111 01011110 11010011 010111010 101110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word young at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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