This is an analysis of the poem Billy that begins with:
O! He was the boy of the house, you know,
A jolly and rollicking lad;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbb cdbd cdXd decX bfgf XcXc gfXf afhf XXbi hdbd fjdj dfXf jggg hXhg cdgX ikek
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1110100111 01011001 11011110110 1101111 011001111 10111111 11111001001 1011111 011111111 11100101 1110110111 11111101 1010110101 01101101 0101111011 0111101 011100111 1101001 0101101001 10101001 111110101 0100101 111011110 1100101 010101101 00110111 1110010101 11001101 010110101 0100111 1110100001 1100111 011100101 11101111 011011111 1100101 0101001001 110001011 110101001 1100101 1111100101 11111001 110100111 1100101 010101001 1011001101 1110101101 11101101 0101100111 0100111 111011101 0110101 0111001001 11011011 1010101001 1110101 111100111 11111011 11101011101 11111101 011010101 10100101 1010010101 01001001
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, to, twos, and, by, her, 'a, no are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, his, there's, the, and, no are repeated.
The author used the same words his, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Billy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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