This is an analysis of the poem Alas For Youth that begins with:
Much have I labored, much read o'er
Of Arabic and Persian lore,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaaabbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101110 01001101 01010111 11110011 01110101 11111100 11010101 111001 11101111 01111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 335
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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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