This is an analysis of the poem Signs that begins with:
It's 'be a good boy, Willie,'
And it's 'run away and play,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaBXcdBdee dXadceaeaa fgbgXefeaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100110 1010111 1101010 0011101 0111011 1010111 1101010 0001101 11010101010001 11011101101101 1101010 11101010 1111101 1110100 10101010 1110001 10111110 1010101 101111101110101 111110101110101 11101110 10010101 10101110 0010101 11101110 1110101 10100010 0011101 01000100010101 111101101100101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 381
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 30
- 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; and, little, as, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, not are repeated.
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- summary of Signs;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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