This is an analysis of the poem Many Younger People that begins with:

So many younger people.
Speed through their lives like rockets....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCX DBEEB ABCX DBEEB fXdeff bXdbbXbXb ABCX DBEEB AbfXXfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,5,6,9,4,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 1111110 111101 00111 111100 01010101 111001010 100111010 111 1101010 1111110 111101 00111 111100 01010101 111001010 100111010 111 111 010111 100111 110101010 1001 01101 11001 101110100 101011101 01011 10101 1001000100 1011 11110010 01111101 1101010 1111110 111101 00111 111100 01010101 111001010 100111010 111 1101010 111 10100 11 10 1101 01010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Many Younger People;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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