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

My fair-haired boy is sore bewitched,
He goes all full of grieving;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXbbbXbXbdbcBXdedebXb XfXfabXbebcB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 1111010 01010101 0101010 01011101 0101110 01011101 1110010 10101111 0111010 01010101 1101010 11010101 0111010 11110101 0101010 11110101 0101011 11110101 1111011 11110101 0101010 11010101 1101010 11010101 1101010 11111101 111110 11000101 1101010 11110101 1110010 11010101 0111110 11110101 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 558
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, his are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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