Analysis of Youth And Love
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
To the heart of youth the world is a highwayside.
Passing for ever, he fares; and on either hand,
Deep in the gardens golden pavilions hide,
Nestle in orchard bloom, and far on the level land
Call him with lighted lamp in the eventide.
Thick as the stars at night when the moon is down,
Pleasures assail him. He to his nobler fate
Fares; and but waves a hand as he passes on,
Cries but a wayside word to her at the garden gate,
Sings but a boyish stave and his face is gone.
| Scheme | AAAAA XAXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1011101101 101101101101 10010100101 1001010110101 111101001 11011110111 10011111101 10110111101 110111010101 11010101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 473 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 184 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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