This is an analysis of Grata Juventas by Alfred Austin.

She trembles when I touch
The tips of scarce-grown fingers,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXba cdcdc edede fdfdf
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,
  • Metre: 110111 0101110 11010100 0101010 11110111 110111 1111010 10100101 1001110 110010001 101101 0101010 11010101 1001010 01110100 101101 1110010 11011100 1101110 11101011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 20