This is an analysis of the poem Son Of A Fool that begins with:
Gyved and chained in his father's home,
He toiled 'neath a conqueror's rule;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: ABcb dedeaa bXffgg hdhdii dedejj kfXfee ededll jlklXX XlelbX djXdll fmfmjj icicmm mfmfii bebellXABdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101100101 11101001 1001001001 01111001 110100101 11001011 1100100101 11111111 10111100101 1011110101 1001101001 001011100 100110101 001101001 010100101 01111001001 1011111001 00100101 1011001001 10111001 1110100111 01111000101 100101001 11000101 100110101 100101 11111100111 0100110111 11110101 1100101 0111111110 100111 100100111 10111111001 10110001001 1100101 111100101 1100111 11100110111 111001001001 100100110 110101 1110100101 101111 011100111 10010110010 101011011000 11101011 10111100101 00100111 11110101001 1010110110010 11010100101 11100101 011110101 10100101 1010101101 0010100101 1010110101 0110101 1110110111 0110101 1011111101 1100100101 1111110101 01110111 1110111111 1100101 1111011101 1010011101 1111101001 111111 1111100111 00111001 1110110101 0011100101 110101101 1011101 1011101101 1011111 10100100101 10100110101 101100101 11101001 11100101001 01101001
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 86
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, his, he, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Son Of A Fool;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
