This is an analysis of the poem Malcom that begins with:

Boy! this world has ever been
A bright, glad world to me;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacaddba dedefggef gagahaaah iaiajhhaj akaklaakl jcXcfddbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011100 011101 1111101 111100 1101101 1010100 0110111 1111111 111111 01111001 011101 1110101 110111 1011101 1001101 1111101 1011101 001101 1010100 0111001 1001101 010001 0111011 1000101 1110001 1110001 011011 1010101 010101 1010101 010001 1110111 1010101 1011101 10010101 010011 10100101 011101 1110101 111111 1000101 0010001 1011101 1010101 000101 1001111 111000 1011111 010100 1001101 0010001 10111001 1011111 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Malcom;
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  • history of its creation;
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