This is an analysis of the poem The Boy Crusader that begins with:
“Oh father, is that Jerusalem—
Those walls and towers so strong!”... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abcd cede fgfg Aggg ehch higi geje Xece kXeg Xbcb jfaf aakagkhk kajaXgaea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110010100 1111011 1111101111 1010101 110110101 11101101 11111001001 1111101 1101100101 001001001 11001111001 111101 110010100 10101001 100100101 10011001 110110111 110101 01111101 1101101 110100101 010111 11101111 1110100 1100111111 00100101 1111111101 00111001 1100111111 00100101 11100111001 0101101 110111011 010100 01111111 010001 01111101 11101001 11010101 110100 11001101 1101010 01110100 0111110 10110100 110111 11111101 110001 11111111 110001 10110101 111101 111010101 110100 111011101 110100 11100101001 0010101 10111101 1100100
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; see is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word your is repeated.
The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word jerusalem at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Boy Crusader;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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