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

O YOUTH, sweet comrade Youth, wouldst thou be gone?
Long have we dwelt together, thou and I; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XXbb cdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111111101 1111010111 010101011001 110101011001 1101111101 11001100100 10001011111 1001010101 11111101001 1101011111 0111011111 1111110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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