This is an analysis of the poem Forgotten Boyhood that begins with:
He wears a long and solemn face
And drives the children from his place;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddcc bbeeffaacc gghhbbcccc bbXXcciicX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 11010001 11010101 11111101 10110101 10110110 00011101 110101011 11010101 11000111 01010101 01011101 11010111 01110101 01111101 11010001 11011111 11010101 11110101 10011001 11010111 10011101 11011101 11010111 11111111 01010101 01011101 01011100 01001111 11110011 11010111 01011101 11010110 100010111 11011101 10111101 01011101 11110111 11011111 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 339
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and, his, he, you, could are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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