This is an analysis of the poem The Front Seat that begins with:

When I was but a little lad I always liked to ride,
No matter what the rig we had, right by the driver's side....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffffaaddggaahhhXffhhaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11110101111101 11010111110101 01110101011111 11100001010001 11010101010101 11011111110111 11111111110111 010111110111001 010001011111001 11001101010001 11011101111100 11000101111101 1100111011100111 11010101110101 11010101110100 01110111111101 110111010111001 11010101110101 11010111111101 11000101111101 11001111011101 01011101110101 01111101111101 11010101110001 11110100011101 11110101010101 11011101110101 1001101010101 11010001011001 01010111010101 110011101110101 11010110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1859
  • Average number of words per stanza: 388
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, to, for, in, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Front Seat;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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