This is an analysis of the poem Quatrains Of Life that begins with:

What has my youth been that I love it thus,
Sad youth, to all but one grown tedious,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aaaa bbab cccc ddbd eece ccfc ccfc ggcX gghg ffcf cXcc aXfa ffif aaia fgfg cccc ddad acaa ccbX aaga jjbj kklk mmcm iiki Xaja ffcf hhXh nncn fXif oobo jjgj bbjb jjij ppip ggfX ilfi qqoq cchc bbXX ccfc oofd jjfj ffof cchc bbjb iicl jjqj rrfr caea jjcj acha
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 303
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 1212
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, what, and, of, i, its, but, my, to, her, their, no, in, which, thy, thou, his, had, been, though, how, passion, this, she, naught, who, me, '', give, with, on, after, not, so, we, thee, life, all are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, what, i, my, and, to, the, its, out, of, a, as, this, she, her, thy, give, on, his, their, how, after, tell, love, we are repeated.

    The author used the same words what, i, and, the, how, glorious, she, behold, is, only, time, thou at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines '' is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word '' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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