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

MY young lord's the lover
Of earth and sky above,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbacaXcXAdXdeaeaaeAfgfeaeaaeAcgXXhcXhcadXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 011101 011111 0111011 111010 111010 111010 1010100 101110 011101 111010 0100101 110111 010111 101111 111010 111111 111110 101110 101011 111010 0100101 110011 110111 110110 11110 111110 011010 101110 1101110 111010 0100101 110110 010100 101010 101010 011010 101111 101010 101110 1111010 0111001 010010 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 209
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.

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