This is an analysis of the poem A Youth In Apparel That Glittered that begins with:

A youth in apparel that glittered
Went to walk in a grim forest. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcdeXXXdbcXea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 010010110 10100110 1111010 01101011 1101010 1101100 10101 1001010 101010011 011 0001010 01000110 1110 1110110 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 435
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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