This is an analysis of the poem The Boss Over The Board that begins with:
When he’s over a rough and unpopular shed,
With the sins of the bank and the men on his head;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaacaaddccaaXee ffggXabbb hhaaaaccc eXbbXafff ccbbaaccc aaiiaaccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,9,9,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001111001 001001101101 11111101001 11011011111 111001101001 101011101001 111001 111101 001001001001 101101101001 101101101101 111001001111 10111101111 101011011011 111011001001 111011 101001 101001101011 101011001101 11011011011 01001011111 101011111101 1110110010010 111101001001 101111 101011 111111101001 11011101001 111011101011 101011001001 111011011001 111111011011 101011101001 101101 111011 001011011011 11101011001 011011101101 101101001111 111001011011 1110110110010 111001011001 111001 101101 100111101001 01111111001 1110011011101 11111101011 001011001101 111101111001 11111101001 101111 101001 101001101011 01001101001 101001001101 11011011111 101001001101 01101101101 101011101001 111101 101101 101101011011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 468
- Average number of words per stanza: 98
- Amount of lines: 63
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, of, boss, his, be are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, and are repeated.
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