This is an analysis of the poem The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Iv: Vita Nova: Xcix that begins with:
YOUTH
Youth, ageless youth, the old gods' attribute!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xababbcbccdecde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1 1101011101 00101010011 1111100111 1101010101 0111010101 1001110111 1101110001 1011001100 0111011111 1101111101 1111110101 10001000100 1111001101 1101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 629
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; youth is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word youth is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase youth connects the lines.
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More information about poems by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
- Analysis of The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Iv: Vita Nova: Xcv
- Analysis of The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Iv: Vita Nova: Xcvi
- Analysis of The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Iv: Vita Nova: Xcviii
