This is an analysis of the poem The Careless Lad that begins with:
The careless lad went through the wood,
Leaped the retarding gate,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcbdeaeaefXXaaabbgb geXefgggagXgabhbagXgeiai haaabfjfbklkehihleaedbCb CXaejekeAbXbCebXhaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,24,24,20,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 100101 11011001 110111 11111001 010101 11110101 110101 11011101 110101 11100111 11010 1111110 010101 11110111 110101 01011111 111111 01110101 110101 11111101 111111 1111010 110101 01011101 111101 11110101 110001 11111101 111101 0111110 010101 01011101 010111 11110101 110101 11011101 111111 11010101 110111 1101111 110111 11010111 110011 01011101 110101 11110101 111101 11110101 11001 11010101 110110 11010101 010101 11001111 110101 1101011 011101 00010111 010101 01011111 111111 11001011 111100 11111001 111111 11110001 010101 11110001 11010 11100111 110111 11010101 110001 11010101 110101 01011101 110111 11110001 110101 11110001 010111 11110111 01010 11010101 110101 11010101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 688
- Average number of words per stanza: 131
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; he, you, and, to, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words come, why, and are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines margarie is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase she connects the lines.
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- summary of The Careless Lad;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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