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

Even as a child, of sorrow that we give
The dead, but little in his heart can find,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cXdccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10101010111 0111000111 1011010011 1100011001 10101111001 01010100101 1101011101 1111011100 100101001001 1011000111 1011001110 0111010111 0110011111 10101001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, to are repeated.

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