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

Time buys no wisdom like the eyes of youth,
Though youth itself be blinded with delight,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacXdcbcdaaXXcXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010101 1101010001 10101010101 0001011111 0100011101 1101010001 11011100011 1111010111 1101010001 0001011101 0101010111 1011110111 1101011001 1111111101 010010111 0001011101 0101110101 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 762
  • Average number of words per stanza: 148
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 is repeated.

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  • summary of The Eyes Of Youth;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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