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

The mouth of the girl who had lain long in the rushes
looked so nibbled....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXabaccbX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100111110010 1110 111001001001110 1000010100101 1101011 110111 010010110110 1001111 10101001 11110011111 01000100010 101101010101 010001011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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