This is an analysis of Flower Of Youth by Katharine Tynan.

LEST Heaven be thronged with grey-beards hoary,
God, who made boys for His delight,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc ddddee fgfghh hhbXii jhjhXX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 1100101110 11111001 100101110 11000001 11110001 111100111 1010111010 110010101 110111010 110101001 11010101 10111011 111101110 01011101 111110110 10111111 11111110 10010101 1100101010 11000101 101101110 1101101100 01111111 11111011 100101010 11011101 010110010 11001111 111111101 11111110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

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