This is an analysis of Student-Song by John Hay.

When Youth's warm heart beats high, my friend,
And Youth's blue sky is bright,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcdC aeaedcdC afafbcdC
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11111111 111101 11011111 110101 10111101 110111 11111111 011111 11010111 1001101 11010111 110101 11111101 0100101 11111111 011111 10010011 110111 100010111 010101 11011111 111101 110010101 011111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

youth's, and

Anaphora

and