This is an analysis of the poem I See The Boys Of Summer that begins with:
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I see the boys of summer in their ruin...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a Bbcccc ddcccc cccccc eeffff X ggcccc bbhahX ebcici ddccdc X Bbjcjf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,1,6,6,6,6,1,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11010100110 1011010 1011110101 10110101 01011111 1101010011 11011100110 1001010 0101110001 10010101 01111111 0101010011 11010100110 11010110 0101110101 100101001 01111111 1111010011 11101111010 1011010 1101010001 101101001 01111011 1101010001 1 11010101110 0001010 1100111101 10010111 01010101 1111111111 1101101110 1001010 01001010011 00111101 01111101 1001010101 11010011010 1001010 1101011101 10110111 01010001 1101010101 001111110010 1101110 1101010001 11110111 110101110 1101010001 1 11010100110 1001010 1111110001 11011101 11010111 1101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 57
- 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; their, in, of, from, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, here are repeated.
The author used the same words i, we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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