This is an analysis of the poem I Could Not Move To Boo Hoo that begins with:

You once had said you loved me,
But the end of fun had come....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AB CD AE CDFE GH CD Xf CDFE AB CD AE CDFE GH CD GHXCDFE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,4,2,2,2,4,2,2,2,4,2,2,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 1010111 11 11111 110011011 011011 11 11111 11 11111 1111011 01111011 11 11111 011010 1010001 11 11111 11 11111 1111111 1010111 11 11111 110011011 011011 11 11111 11 11111 1111011 01111011 11 11111 1111011 01111011 11 11111 11 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 57
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; and, i are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of I Could Not Move To Boo Hoo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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