This is an analysis of the poem The Story Of Johnny Head-In-Air that begins with:
As he trudged along to school,
It was always Johnny's rule...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccdX bbbbbbXeeee ffgghhcciieejj aabb kkbbhh ffccddcc bbfflliX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,14,4,6,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 0111101 0010101 1011101 1110111 001 1010101 11100111 1110101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1010101 111 001 1110101 1010101 1 1 1110101 1110001 10111110 10101010 10101010 11100110 111 1010111 1001101 0111101 1111101 0010101 1011111 1010101 1010001 1011101 1111101 1101101 1010001 1111101 1110101 0011101 1110101 1111111 1011111 1110101 11111110 11110010 1100101 1011101 1110101 1111111 1010001 1000011 1010111 1110111 11101010 00101110 1110101 1011101 1010101 1111101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 62
- 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:
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; little, johnny, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words johnny, and are repeated.
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- summary of The Story Of Johnny Head-In-Air;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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