This is an analysis of the poem The Lyttel Boy that begins with:

Sometime there ben a lyttel boy
That wolde not renne and play,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXAXbcb dXbXeaXA bfdfXaaA eXaccXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 111111 11011101 110001 111100010 010101 10011101 111001 11010101 111111 11011101 110001 01010001 010101 11111101 110001 11010111 010111 11110101 110101 11111111 110111 110010101 110001 11010101 110101 11111111 011101 11111001 110101 101010101 100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Lyttel Boy;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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