This is an analysis of the poem Youth And Manhood that begins with:
Another year! a short one, if it flow
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dbdb ecec dfdf Xece gbgb Xhhh iaia jcjc keke ldld ebebXhhhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101011001 1111 1111001111 0111 11010011111 1101 01100010001 1111 1001010011 01001 1111001101 1101 01010010101 1111 1001011101 1111 1001010101 11011 11100100101 1001 10010111100 1101 1111010101 1111 11010111001 1001 11011101001 1101 10101001100 1111 0100010111 1101 1101110101 1111 1011010101 1111 1001010111 1101 11000100101 1111 1101010101 1111 1001010001 0111 1101111111 1111 1111010101 1101 00111100001 1101 1001000011 0111 1111111101 0101 1101111101 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, none are repeated.
The author used the same word yet at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase plays connects the lines.
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