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

It is time for bed, so the nurse declares,
But I slip off to the nook,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcdX EXEF Xege dcdc EXEF hhhh gdgd EXEF dadX bcbX EXEF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0011110101 1111001 0101101001 1101001 1101101111 1111111 1111011111 1111101 1101100111 1111111 1110111111 00110111 1110100111 1110101 1010001101 1101011 1101101011 0101101 1111111101 1110111 1101100111 1111111 1110111111 00110111 110111101 1111101 010111111 1001111 1101001101 0100111 1011110101 1110111 1101100111 1111111 1110111111 00110111 1101111101 1001101 110111111 1111101 1010101001 1111111 1111111101 1110101 1101100111 1111111 1110111111 00110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word she is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Dady's Boy;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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