This is an analysis of the poem The Boy Patriot that begins with:
I want to be a Soldier!--
A Soldier!--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAABABccdXdX AAABAB eEEbebffegegXAAABAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,19,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100010 010 010 11000100010011 1010111010101110 11011100010001 11011101011101 11010100010111 11010111 0100010 11010101 1100100 1100010 010 010 11000100010011 1010111010101110 11011100010001 1101010 010 010 11010101000001 110101011111010 01010100010011 1111110111110 11010101111111 11111111 1001010 01011101 1101010 1100010 010 010 11000100010011 1010111010101110 11011100010001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 344
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; soldier, or, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, or, as, the, i are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines soldier, battle are repeated).
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- summary of The Boy Patriot;
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