This is an analysis of the poem A Song In The Front Yard that begins with:

I’ve stayed in the front yard all my life.
I want a peek at the back...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa bXcc adddcdee bbff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110011111 1101101 101110011011 0111001 110100111 1101010 010100101 1100101 1111001 1111001 110111101 111101011001 1101111101 011000110 11001001111 101011011111 111011011 11110001101 1101100111 1110101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, they, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of A Song In The Front Yard;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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