This is an analysis of Youth's Agitations by Matthew Arnold.
When I shall be divorced, some ten years hence,
From this poor present self which I am now;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX dede ff
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,2,
- Metre: 1110011101 0010111111 11110100101 0101110111 1111111101 1111001101 1111110101 0101000101 1111010001 11010100010 1111011111 1101001010010 1111110101 0111010001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
i, then
Anaphora
and
