This is an analysis of the poem Tell Him Why that begins with:
When your boy wants to do what he shouldn't—
Some foolish or dangerous thing. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcD eaeafdfD ggggcdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111011110 11011001 110111110 01101011 1111110011 11011101 0010010111 11101011 1111011111 111001101 1010111111 111101011 1111111010 01101111 111010110 11101011 011010010 01001001 010110011 11111001 010010011 111101011 1010011111 01101011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; him, you, when, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, a are repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word why at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase do connects the lines.
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