This is an analysis of the poem Emily Sparks that begins with:

Where is my boy, my boy --
In what far part of the world?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXXXXabcbbXXccbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 0111001 0111101001 10100110101 1101110 0111110 1001101001 1010010 111111111 0100101011 11010010111 00100101 1101101011 1101011 11111 110101100101 11001001 101001011 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 645
  • Average number of words per stanza: 131
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; boy, you, of are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you, light are repeated).

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