Analysis of The Recuperative Power Of Youth.

Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)



She has hope's remedy in being young:
When age is on, and life has such a fall,
The efficacy has left that medicine
Which in youth is so vital.


Scheme ABCD
Poetic Form
Metre 1111000101 1111011101 0100111100 1011110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 148
Words 31
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 110
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Robert Crawford

Robert Crawford FRSE FBA is a Scottish poet, scholar and critic. He is currently Professor of English at the University of St Andrews.  more…

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