This is an analysis of the poem Youth And Age that begins with:

Verse, a breeze 'mid blossoms straying,
Where Hope clung feeding, like a bee -... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXaccdadaefefgg hbhXfeeicicffccjdjdkk alaLfLliXkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,21,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010 11110101 10111010 0101110 1111 11111101 11011111 01011101 010111101 1010111001 11010101 11110101 11011101 11110111 11110111 1101011110 111111010 1011010101 10001001 101111101 01011100 1111 11111101 11111101 111011011 11111101 11010101 01001111 11011111 11110101 11011111 01011111 111101001 01010101 11010111 11111011 10111110 1111110001 11101010 1010101 11101010 11010111 1111 11010111 011100101 11110101 11110010 11110101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 581
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; when, or, ere are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, this, that, ere are repeated.

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