A Boy's Trials by Jean Blewett: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Boy's Trials that begins with:

When I was but a little lad
One thing I could not bear,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcB defe XbgB hdfd ibXB ahXh ebaX fgdg ibeb caXXXebcB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 111111 01011101 110111 11011111 101101 11111101 0101001 11111111 110101 010101101 110111 11111101 110111 10010111 010101 11010101 111111 11010111 110111 11111001 110101 11010100 111001 11111111 111111 10010101 110101 11011101 110111 01011111 110101 11100111 111111 01010011 111101 10110111 101101 01011111 110101 01010111 111101 01011101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, and are repeated.

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  • summary of A Boy's Trials;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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