This is an analysis of the poem Bokardo that begins with:

Well, Bokardo, here we are;
Make yourself at home. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccb dedefffe ghghiiih efefffff djdjckcj hbhbllXb mdmdfffd ddddccXd iiiimmmi fefeaaae iiiillli adadfffd XeXeXiie cikidddi lnlnaaan
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111 11011 1011101 011101 1011100 1110101 11011111 1111 1010101 11001 1011101 11111 1110111 0111111 10111101 1011 1011111 10111 1010111 110111 1110111 1111111 1111111 1111 1111101 10101 1111101 110101 1111011 0110011 1111001 1101 1110101 1010 1111001 10111 1110110 1110100 10111001 1101 0010011 01101 1110111 011111 0011101 1010101 111111 0101 1010101 00111 1010101 110111 1010101 1010101 1011101 0101 1010001 11101 11011101 11001 1100101 1011111 1110101 1001 10011111 11101 11010111 11001 1000101 1110101 10110101 1111 1010101 11001 1111101 110101 1111111 1010101 1010111 0001 1011001 11111 1110111 100101 1011101 1111101 1011101 1111 1110111 10101 1010101 10111 1110001 1010101 0011101 1101 1111101 11111 1001100 111101 1001011 0110001 1110101 0101 1110001 10101 1010100 011111 1111111 1011001 1100111 0111 10010001 10101 11000111 010101 1110101 1010101 1110111 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 120
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word not is repeated.

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

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