This is an analysis of the poem Thirty-Eight that begins with:

IN early youth's unclouded scene,
The brilliant morning of eighteen,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbddbeebffbggbhhbiib eebffbiibXXbjjbaabiibhhbddbhhhb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,31,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011001 01010001 01110101 111101001 11110111 010100101 10111101 01010101 11010111 01111101 01011101 01010101 1100100101 11011111 11010101 01111101 110110101 11011101 11010101 11110101 111111001 01011101 01010101 11011101 01010101 11010001 01110101 11110001 10111111 11111101 11110101 01010101 01110101 101110111 1100101010 11010101 10110111 11010101 11011101 11010111 11010101 11101101 11110001 11010101 11011111 010010101 11100101 10110101 01110101 01010101 11110100 010111010 01011101 110101010 11010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 991
  • Average number of words per stanza: 171
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • 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; to, and are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word eight at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Thirty-Eight;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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