Too Young For Love by Oliver Wendell Holmes: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Too Young For Love that begins with:

Too young for love?
Ah, say not so!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABbccABDB ABccbXABDB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 1111 110011101 111010101 11010101 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 01011101 11010101 11011101 1111 1111 1111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not, too, young, no are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Too Young For Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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