This is an analysis of the poem Boy-Dreams that begins with:
I was a Pirate once,
A blustering fellow with scarlet sash,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbccddeeXXffaccffgXffhhiiff affeeddhhccffaajj aeeiikkllgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,17,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 0100100101 010101101 0010011101 110100101 1010111101 110110111 1101100101 110101101 1111100101 1111100111 1111100101 1110100101 110101 1100100101 10100100111 1110100101 1111111101 11110100111 1111111101 1101111001 1100111111 1011110111 0111111111 1011100111 1111101101 1111001010 1101001010 110111 0010010101 0011100111 0010110101 11011100101 1101101001 1011100101 0010110101 1111100101 1110111101 1011111101 1110110101 111100111 1100111101 1110000101 1110100101 010101101 110101 1111100101 1010011101 0110101101 110110111 1010100101 1101011001 1110100101 111101111 1111011101 0010100101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 764
- Average number of words per stanza: 154
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, i, no, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, i, and, no, with are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Boy-Dreams;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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