This is an analysis of the poem Po' Boy Blues that begins with:
When I was home de
Sunshine seemed like gold....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABABab aCaCdc eBeBdb DfDfdf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 11111 11110 11111 111110 11111 11001 10111 111001 10111 101010 1010111 11010 011111 1010 011111 1111110 111111 1010 1010001 1010 1010001 1110 1111001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, weary are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word weary 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 literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase weary connects the lines.
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- summary of Po' Boy Blues;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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