This is an analysis of the poem A Farewell To My Youth that begins with:

O happier half of days decreed to me,
My early years, so soon you passed away: ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaA bbbbbbcc bdbdbdbb dcdcdcbb ebebebaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001010101 1100111101 10010110111 1111010001 1001011111 1111010101 1111111110 1101011001 1101010011 1111010101 1111001111 0101010111 1111110111 1101111001 110101011 01001110111 1111111111 1101010111 0110110101 11110101001 1111010101 0101111111 1101010101 11100110101 1111010011 101111001 1111010101 1101010111 1111010001 1101110101 110100101001 0101110001 1110010111 0101011101 11110110001 0101111111 0101001111 0001010101 1111111110 1101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 358
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and is repeated.

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