This is an analysis of the poem Ballade Of The Bookworm that begins with:
Far in the Past I peer, and see
A Child upon the Nursery floor,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcbC ababXcbC ababbcbC XXacac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011111 010101001 01010101 11110011 01000001 11010111 11110101 01111101 11010111 11000101 01010101 11000101 010111110 110110101 11011001 01111101 11111101 11010111 11111101 11011111 11110101 01000101 11010111 01111101 10 11111111 11010010 11110101 01110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word still at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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