This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Lxxvi. To A Young Man Entering The World that begins with:

GO now, ingenious youth!--The trying hour
Is come: The world demands that thou shouldst go... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcddceeeeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 11010101010 0101011111 01011101110 1101011101 1111110101 0101001101 0101111101 0100010111 1101010001 1011001101 1011010101 01001011101 1011011101 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 602
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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