This is an analysis of the poem In One's Age to One's Youth that begins with:
Listen, thou child I used to be!
I know what thou didst fret to know- ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Ababcc Adadcc Adedff Agaghh Adedii Adedii Acacdd agegjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10111100 11111101 10111101 11011101 11010101 01010100 10111100 11011111 11011111 11011101 11010101 010100111 10111100 01111101 11110100 11011001 11010101 11101101 10111100 11110101 11100111 11010111 11110111 11110101 10111100 11011101 11110100 0110101 11011111 0110101 10111100 10111101 11110100 11011111 11000101 11010111 10111100 111111001 01111001 11010100 11010101 11111101 11011100 10011101 11011100 11011011 1010001010 1110101010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou, to, i are repeated.
The author used the same word listen at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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