This is an analysis of the poem Ch 05 On Love And Youth Story 04 that begins with:

One had lost his heart and bidden farewell to his life because the target which he aimed at was in a dangerous locality, portending destruction and...

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ab a cdda d ceafbaea c cXgfgd a hh X fb a dhiXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,4,1,8,1,6,1,2,1,2,1,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11101110110010101011111001000100010010111100010100100010101100001 11111110111 11110101001 11011001001010001001000101001101010110110101010111001101011 111101101 0111111010 10101110100 110011101 000100100100101001111101011 1110101100 101000101 010110101 10010100100 11111010101 10111101011 01111111001 11111111011 011010001011011101111011110110 011001010110 01010101010 1111010100 1111101 111110011100 101010011 0001010101110100001010010001100101110111000101011001011111001010011010011111010010000101110110101011111101001000100110011101010101011111 1111111101 01011111111 1110100110010111111010101111100100100111111 0110001010001011 1110101111010011 0111101101110010010010011110011001000010010010000101101001010111 00010101010101 1111010101 101111001101001 01101011011011 10101100111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 91 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 16
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, his, of, me, he, that, him, has, had, it, youth, heart, thou are repeated.

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