This is an analysis of the poem The English Youth that begins with:

There is a dimness fallen on old fames.
Our hearts are solemnized with dearer names... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbccddddeeffgghheeiiggg gjjbbaaeekkbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10010101110 11110000101 11010111101 1100010011 1111010101 00011110111 1101110101 1111011100 1101010001 11110101011 1101111101 0111010101 1011010111 11110011001 0101110101 1001110101 10110001101 11011010101 0101110101 0111001011 1011111111 0101011111 1011110111 0111001111 11000110001 1100011101 1101010001 0100110101 1101110111 11100010100 01001010111 0101000101 0101010111 1111010001 0101011101 01010101001 1001000110 01000010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 818
  • Average number of words per stanza: 152
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • 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; and, they, of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The English Youth;
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