This is an analysis of the poem The Book-Worm that begins with:
Come hither, Boy, we'll hunt to Day
The Book-Worm, ravening Beast of Prey,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbbbccddeeaa ffgghhiXff Xbaajjbbkkaakkcc iiffcc bbaa llbbjjcc kkkkkk kkiiXXkk ccbbeeccee cccc ccffkkmmaabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,10,16,6,4,8,6,8,10,4,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 011100101 01110111 11010001 11010101 01010101 11010111 10010101 01011101 11011101 01110111 01010101 11010101 01110101 11010111 11011111 11010101 11100101 11010101 11010111 01010101 11011101 11010101 111101010 11110111 11111111 10011101 01010001 11010001 11100101 01010101 11100111 11110101 11110101 11011101 01010101 11100101 11010001 11110101 01010111 11010001 11011101 11010111 01010101 11111111 11011111 111111101 11110101 11010111 11010101 01000111 01011101 01001111 10100101 01010111 11111111 11111101 01010101 10110111 11010101 11010101 01110111 11011111 11111101 01010101 11111111 11010111 01010111 11010101 01110101 11110101 11010101 11010101 11010111 11011101 01010101 111111101 11111101 11011111 11011111 11010101 11011101 11110111 11010111 10011101 11011100 111100101 11110101 01000101 01010111 11010001 11110101 11001101 11010101 11001101 11011101 11011101 11010101 11010101 11011011
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 319
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 100
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, what, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, by, you, i, this are repeated.
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- summary of The Book-Worm;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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