This is an analysis of the poem Kept Boys that begins with:
Kept boys,
Refusing to step......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCACADX AeXfaafec AaXab eagdea ABCACADX fdfXfgae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,5,6,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11 01001 101011001 011110 1111001 111011010 11001 0111100 11 10100011 001110 10110111 0011000100101 01110111 010011010 1111110 1111010100 11 1011110 101111 101010100 1010101 11111010 001011010010 01001001 11000110100 1100111001 101010111101 11 01001 101011001 011110 1111001 111011010 11001 0111100 1 010100010001 01010101000101 000100001101001 10100100011 00110010101111 111 100010111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word kept at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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