This is an analysis of the poem The Loiterer that begins with:

When Youth, led on by love and folly, strays,
Kissing sweet eyes beyond the allotted hour...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbccXcXdadXede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111111101 101101001010 1111011101 01010101010 1101011101 1101000101 1101000101 1101100101 1111011101 0101011101 10110011101 11110011111 1101010111 1101011001 11110101001 0101000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 697
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.

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

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  • summary of The Loiterer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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