This is an analysis of the poem Though Some Saith That Youth Ruleth Me that begins with:

1 Though some saith that youth ruleth me,
2 I trust in age to tarry. ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbba abaaa cbcba XbXba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111101 11101010 111111110 100111010 111111101 11111110 111011110 111110101 101010111 111111101 111011101 111111010 111111111 111111010 111111101 111011111 111011110 111011111 111010110 111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; i is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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