This is an analysis of the poem A Vision Of Youth that begins with:

A horseman on a hilltop green
Drew rein, and wound his horn;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaabab bbbb cdcd efgf hehe Xaba aiaijaja gheh fefeXaia
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,8,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 111101 11111110 010001 01100101 010111 11100101 110001 01011101 011001 11011111 1011001 0101001010 110111 1001010010 010101 11010111 111101 010010100 100111 11111101 110111 111100111 111101 01011110 110111 11010101 011101 011101001 111101 11110101 011101 01010101 010111 11010001 110101 11010100 110101 110110111 000101 11000101 010111 01101001 110101 10110111 110101 01011111 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, in, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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