This is an analysis of the poem The Boy Lives On Our Farm that begins with:
The boy lives on our Farm, he's not
Afeard o' horses none!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcXc cdXdefef gagahihi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111111 101101 11110101 010101 01111101 110111 01011101 110111 11001111 111101 011011011 011111 01111111 111111 11011111 010001 10010101 111111 11111111 111111 11110001 110011 01011101 011111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; er, an' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.
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