This is an analysis of the poem Xxxii: When I Would Muse In Boyhood that begins with:

When I would muse in boyhood
The wild green woods among,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXaXa cdXdceae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 011101 1101110 010111 0111010 111001 1011011 111111 1101110 010101 0111110 011111 1111010 110101 11111101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, i, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, they are repeated.

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