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

If I had youth I'd bid the world to try me;
I'd answer every challenge to my will....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacacdedefefegbgbhihiajajfkfk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01111101011 11010010010 11010100011 1101001011 11111101111 1100010101 11010101011 1101110101 01111111010 1101011101 11011101010 1001110111 11011111010 1101010011 11110100110 1001011101 01111101010 0101011111 11010111110 0111111111 11010111000 1111010011 11111111010 1111010101 01111101111 1101110111 11011101011 1101111101 11011111110 0111010101 011101101110 0001111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1442
  • Average number of words per stanza: 286
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; to, i'd, and, should, for are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Youth;
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  • history of its creation;
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