This is an analysis of the poem Charlie French that begins with:

Did you ever find out
which of the boys it was...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaXXXccbbcXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 011011 100101 1101100111 11010111 0011100010 110001010110 01011010 10101110 101110 01011 10100111001011 10111001110 10101110100 1111 11011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 536
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Charlie French;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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