This is an analysis of the poem Youth In The Skies that begins with:

These who were children yesterday
Now move in lovely flight,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abcb bdXd ecXc AcceXccbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110101 11010101 110101 01011111 010111 01010101 110111 01011101 011101 11110001 110101 11010101 110101 110010111 110101 11110101 010111 11010111 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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