This is an analysis of the poem Memoir Of A Proud Boy that begins with:

HE lived on the wings of storm.
The ashes are in Chihuahua....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bXcd edXfg Xfeh hiXied ijjX eaXh g adic gX giiXe idXbi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,5,4,6,4,4,1,4,2,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 01010011 101111101010 1010011001011001 1011001001001 0101110101010 11100010 01111110 0011011 110100101 1001010011 1011 0101001 11111011010 1110101001 0111010 111011101 01110 1101010 1101010 01010110101 111101101 10001100101 111010101 111110100001010 11011010100 110011010111 11001010 11100101010010 1111111001 110101001 11101101111 011111101 01101 0101101001 0101000 1010011 01101 101101000011 101011011 0010011011010 101001111101 0101101100010 11001111010 001010101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; of, and, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Memoir Of A Proud Boy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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