This is an analysis of the poem Irrepressible Youth that begins with:

O restless and impetuous youth!
Who hid thy face with the mask of wisdom ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdaeefdgdhXgfXdddgdXid jkXcbdegeeh edde clbhfdadk Xeg ejcXdgifafliekhXffef X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,11,4,9,3,20,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010101 1111001010 11100010010 100100100101 101001001 100111101 110101101101 10111001 010101011 10010101101 011 1111 101010011010 01110101 011001011 110110010110 101 11010100010 1010011010100 110101011101001 1011000101 11111110010 01101011 111010010 001110101 0110101010101 01101001010 11 111011101010 1010101111 10011111 111011111 101000101110 001011011010 0011001111011 0101001101 1010111001 010101011 001111 001010101 101101010 00101101 10100110101 01011001010 101111101 1100001 1110111101 01010111 11100111 1100111010111 010101001 11001110010 101010010101 01101101 0011 01100011 111001011 100110111 0011010101 101010101001 010001101 1010101100101 1110101 1011010010 001100100010 11101101 011010110 110100111111 110101000101 011111101101 010110011101 0100101001010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 429
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; of, to, she, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word will at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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