This is an analysis of the poem The Old Hay-Mow that begins with:
The Old Hay-mow's the place to play
Fer boys, when it's a rainy day!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb cccc Xcaa bbdd bbaa XXee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 11100101 10110011 11010101 11101101 00111111 11111111 11100111 11111010 01110111 11111111 101011111 11111111 01111111 11110111 01011111 11110111 01000101 110110101 11111101 11011111 11111100 11111111 11110100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; an', so are repeated.
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- summary of The Old Hay-Mow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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