This is an analysis of the poem They Are So Glad Of A Young Companion, that begins with:

They are so glad of a young companion,
They hail and bless me, these boys of mine, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXaXbcbdcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111001010 111111101 1111111110 111100101 110100101 111101101 1111011010 110101101 0111001110 011111011 0110111010 110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 509
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, we'll, of are repeated.

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