This is an analysis of the poem About Boys that begins with:

Show me the boy who never threw
A stone at someone's cat;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaabbXbXXXXXbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 011111 11010111 111111 11010101 010101 11000101 110101 11011101 010101 11010101 111101 11000101 111101 11110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 639
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of About Boys;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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