This is an analysis of the poem Youth that begins with:
When life begins anew,
And Youth, from gathering flowers,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaccbddbbdbbdeeeeXbfbXf ghighhjbkXikeelglellbbebg eeejbbjbbeelejileeglgbble bbbmmggb aeXaebabgbgejejgig kadajkXk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,25,25,8,18,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110101 11010010 01011101110 1101011101 0101011111 0101011101 11100011101 11011111001 110101 0101010101 10001010101 0110010101 1001010101 1101010101 1001000101 01010001 11011101 0101010101 110100001 11101010010 10010101010 001101001 100110010 101101110 1011001101 1100011011 00110101 11110010100 1101010001 01000101 11011101 1011010111 010011010010 01010111 1001001000 1001000100 10111010101 1101010111 0101001 1001010101 110010101 010110101001 110101 1001010101 11011111 110111001 1111010100 11110100101 10011101010 011011101 0101000011 11110101 1010110101 1111010101 1001011101 1111110101 0111110101 1001010101 1111011101 0101011011 1101010011 11110101111 01110011101 11011110011 1101010100 11010101001 1001000101 1111111101 010010010101 0101110101 0101011001 1111001101 10001001101 1100110001 0101010001 1111001101 01110110110 10110001010 1111111101 0101111111 0101001101 1111010101 0111101011 111101 1011011111 11111101000 1111010101 010111 11110101010 01110011111 11111101010 1111111001 11110111010 11001011101 11010011011 1101011101 01000111001 10010111101 1011011101 11001000100 1010111101 11110101110 1011001101 100101000010 1111110101 0111011 1111001 0101010 1111101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 753
- Average number of words per stanza: 129
- Amount of lines: 109
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, to, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase joy connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Youth;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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