This is an analysis of the poem John Horace Burleson that begins with:

I won the prize essay at school
Here in the village, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXcXcdefedXXbfa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010111 10010 1100100111101 11001011100111 11001010 11001101001 1110100110 0111010001 111001110010 110101010100 11010101001 11011111 111111 110010100011 011101 1100010101 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 670
  • Average number of words per stanza: 124
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; i, and are repeated.

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  • summary of John Horace Burleson;
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  • history of its creation;
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