This is an analysis of the poem Youth that begins with:
A whip cracks in the wood, and cattle low
And through the underbrush are heard to...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0110011101 110101110 1100110101 11111101010 1101110111 01010111100 01110111010 1101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Youth;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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