This is an analysis of the poem The Faun that begins with:
When I was but a little boy
Who hunted in the wood... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaab caccX dXddb abaab eeeee fbffb feffe gdggd cbcXb hehhe fifXi fbffb gbggb gegge jfjjf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110101 110001 01110101 01010101 11011100 11010101 110101 11010101 11010101 11000100 11110111 1111110 11000101 11010101 01110111 01111111 111101 01010101 01010101 11010101 11110101 110111 01110101 01011101 01010111 11100101 010111 01010101 11010101 01010001 01011111 1111001 11010111 11010101 11000101 11011101 110101 11110111 110011101 01110101 11111101 110111 11010101 01010101 01010101 111000111 010101 01011111 110000101 010100111 11011111 010101 110100101 01010101 11110001 11011101 0101001 11110101 11110101 110100101 11110101 011001 111100111 010011101 010001001 11010101 110101 011100101 11110001 01010101 11011101 111101 01111100 110101111 01000100
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 75
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, i are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Faun;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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