This is an analysis of the poem A Boy's Tribute that begins with:
Prettiest girl I've ever seen
Is Ma....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaBcccB aBaBdddB eBeBfffB gbgBcccB hXhbiiiB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011101 01 1001101 01 1011101 1010111 1011111 01 10011001 01 1010101 01 1011101 1011101 1010101 01 1010111 01 1110101 01 1110111 1110111 1011111 01 1010001 01 1110101 01 100100101 1011110 1010111 01 1011101 01 0110111 01 1011101 11011101 01010101 01
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; seen, 'em, some are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words seen, some are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ma at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of A Boy's Tribute;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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