This is an analysis of the poem The Negro Boy that begins with:
Paupertas onus visa est grave.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdD efefdD ghghdd ijijdD jhjhdDXeaeadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1001010011 11011101 110001101 01111101 11110101 11011101 01010101 11010111 11010001 11111101 11010111 11110111 01010101 10010101 11110001 10110101 11010101 11111101 11010101 010011110 11011001 110101010 10110111 11010101 01010101 11111011 01010101 11110111 11111111 11011101 01010101 110100101 11010101 11100111 1010111101 11111101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; e'er is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word yet is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word boy at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Negro Boy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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