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

The litle boy was looking for his voice.
(The King of the crickets had it.)...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abCA Xbac CA XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101110101 01001010 001010 0101110101 111101100 1010100 11111110 101010 001010 0101110101 0101101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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 Little Mute Boy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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