This is an analysis of the poem Per Bo that begins with:
Once I knew a noble peasant
From a line of men large-hearted....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaaXbb Xaaaacc daeedff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101010 00101110 1110001 1010111 1001000111 1010101 1011111 10111010 10000010 1010101 1000101 11101010 1010111 1010111 11111010 11101010 1110111 1010101 10111110 1111100 1011111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 21
- 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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word first is repeated.
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- summary of Per Bo;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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