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

Youth that rides the wildest horse,
Youth that throws the deadliest steer, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedecXXcecedd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 11101001 1010101 10000101 1010101 1010101 1110101 1010101 1000101 1011101 1010101 1110100 11101001 1110101 1010101 1000101 1010101 1001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 658
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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