This is an analysis of the poem Young And Youthful that begins with:

She wanted her babies early.
This is what I manage to hear......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXd aefgh Xbi ijakbbg gXX alglh ibcgeae XXid kiXhg ibcemd aedeX fi mX a cXhX k ambkX hgmm ggkajX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,3,7,3,5,7,4,5,6,5,2,2,1,4,1,5,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001010 00111001 110101001 1101010 10110101 11000100 010101110 01110 101011 100111 1111010 011011 11101 110010101 11 110 101110 111011001 011 1010000101 11011 1110101 11101011 110 1001111011 11010 11111110 11001 110 1101001 111110 1111 1101 111010 111101 111011000101 10110100100 11011001 011101111 1110 1111100 11011101001 01101011 01010 010 11101010101 0111 0110010 101011101 011 101001010 1100011 1001010 0101010 110001001 10110 11100 11 1001 1111010010 10 0010010000010010 11 110110011001 10 110 111001 1 11010011010 101111 1 011010 11011111001 11100 111110 11011100010110 111010101010110 11111101101010 010 111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Young And Youthful;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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