This is an analysis of the poem Little Boy Blue that begins with:
Little Boy Blue lost his way in a wood-
Sing apples and cherries, roses and honey:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX cBcX dB dB aX aB cc ee eX ee ee eX aa Xf gg hh dX ii cc jj ff ii kg aa gX kk hh hh hh ee hh Xb ee lX Xd hh XX mn oo ll gg hh dX gg cc Xn eX aa mX jX jj fXjf aa pp hh mX jX Xj dX nn jj dX hh mX eXdX Xc gX nX ff XX nX ee jX ff ll aX ll aa XX lX hXeXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101001 11011010110 1111111011 01110110 11110111 1011010110 110101111 1110110 010111001 1011010110 11111101011 1110110 01011001101 1011010110 11111111011 1110110 11010111 111010101 110111010001 10110111101 1110111101 111111011 10111001011 01101111111 1111101011 110101001 1111101111 1111101111 111101111 101111011 10111101011 0111011010 101001001001 100110111 1101011001 111111101 111011011011 111111101 10110110101 100111011 1011101011 110110101 11100111101 11100100111 1101110111 0110111011 1011011101 10110101101 11111101 101111101001 110011111 11100101 11011001011 111111100 1001001001 1101001001 0101100111100 01011101100 1110110110 10010110110 01001110110 11101010010 0110101101 11011101011 0101100101100 010101001100 01110110110 101001001110 110111110 1011001111 100111001 11001110110 1100111101 10110101011 10110111001100 1011001001100 11001110110 01011010110 1011110010 10110011101 1010111001 110101001 101101111 1111111111 010111111 1011011011 10110110110 11111010110 1100111101 101101101 111100101 1110101001 101111101 10101111001 1100111110 111110111 1100111001 111111110 10111111101 111101011 1101101010 1001001110 110111111 101011111111 0110111001 011111011 0110101101 1011100 101 1 11010111 011001111011 11111101101 1011101001 11010101 111110101 1111111110 11101111100 10111011011 1111111011 111111111 110111001 11111011101 11101101111 1100111001 1101100101 1111101001 1011111011 111110101 1110111111 1001011001 111111101 101011110110 10111110110 01111001001 10 1 111011011 111001111111 1011011111 00110111111 11111101011 10100111101 111101111110 11110101110 11101001101 10110110100 10111001010 111111111011 111101011111 11101011111 11111111 11101111011 10110101011 11001011101 111101101 11101111011 111110010011 1101010111 1101111111 0111111111 11111001001 011110111 1011101101 1010101001 101110001 1011110011 110110011000 11011 11011 001011011 11011011011 001111010
- Amount of stanzas: 81
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 174
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he, follow, with, own, his, they, their, no, ', said, you, i, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, and, the, they, said are repeated.
The author used the same words and, the, he, said at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ', him are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Little Boy Blue;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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