This is an analysis of the poem Ravishing Is Her Youth Dear that begins with:

Ravishing is her youth dear, for she has ensnared the lord of Yadus!
In the bed, rapturously she took him on her breast....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10000111110101010 0011000111101 10000111110101010 10111001111001 01010110010001 10000111110101010 1011101010101110111 110110111111001 10000111110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The poet repeated the same word yadus at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Ravishing Is Her Youth Dear;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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