Analysis of Youth and Love
Amy Levy 1861 (London) – 1889 (London)
What does youth know of love?
Little enough, I trow!
He plucks the myrtle for his brow,
For his forehead the rose.
Nay, but of love
It is not youth who knows.
| Scheme | ABCDAD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 100111 11010111 111001 1111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 161 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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