This is an analysis of the poem Boulevard Of Moral Decay that begins with:
On the streets they enjoy playing,
Their thuggish games! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdbebXfedb bbabgd fdbhicjk bcehhl lbdejcbbkchbb blmb kigbnbdlcmcodooio dbXdbnob oddcboolXddk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,6,8,6,13,4,17,8,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110110 1101 1000100 001101101 0100 11001101010 00100111111 110010 011101011000 1010001110010 1101010110111 1011111101 1010010010 001010101010 10011 1011110 0101010111100 0101111 1101100111101 11111 10010100 10100001 00100110100 010101011 101101010 010 110110 1011101011101 1101011010111 11 0010100 100011100 10101111 1111110101 001010010101 111 110110101 0100011011000010 1 1100110101110 01100111011 10101100001010 111001 100 1110001 1101001100 11000111 0010101 01010101 0110001 0100101010010 101010101001 1110110101 110101111 11101010111 10010011 11111 11010010 1001101111 10100001 1010001 10001001 11110100 001001001 110101 0110101 01011101 101 101101101 110000111 111010101 11001110101 1110101110111 11110101 0100010 011010 10111010100 110 10101101 101001110 11101010 0101001001 1011000111 0101110000 0111 110011 01010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 335
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 87
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
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- summary of Boulevard Of Moral Decay;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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