This is an analysis of the poem Youth's Agitations that begins with:

When I shall be divorced, some ten years hence,
From this poor present self which I am now;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX dede ff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1110011101 0010111111 11110100101 0101110111 1111111101 1111001101 1111110101 0101000101 1111010001 11010100010 1111011111 1101001010010 1111110101 0111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; i, then are repeated.

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

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