This is an analysis of the poem The Faithless Boy that begins with:

THERE was a wooer blithe and gay,
A son of France was he,-...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aa abb c c cc cdd X c cc ccc c e ce caa f g ag aaa f h hi ijjXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,3,1,1,2,3,1,1,2,3,1,1,2,3,1,1,2,3,1,1,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1101111 010111 100111001 110101 01110101 11011101 1111010 10110111 010101 11111111 110011 010010111 01110101 1101010 11010001 1100101 11000111 111111 110111111 01010101 01001010 11110101 110101 01010110 110111 11110101 01010111 1101010 11010001 111111 11010101 010101 11011101 111100101 1101010 11110101 01011101 111101 010111 11011101 11011111 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 56
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, his, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, it, he are repeated.

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  • summary of The Faithless Boy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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