This is an analysis of the poem Boyhood that begins with:
O Days that hold us; and years that mold us!
And dreams and mem'ries no time destroys!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbb cdbd defe gdbd hXhX biji hebe bfgf Xfkf kXlc cmam Xkjk bXlf bfjfXfbcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1111110111 111101101 1101001010 110101111 1111001010 11011101 1101001010 011001111 1111111111 01101101 1111011110 110101111 0101001010 011100111 1111011010 110100111 0101011110 010100111 0111001010 111101100 0001001110 01010111 1101011010 010101101 1101011110 01011101 1101011010 110100101 0111011010 010101101 1111111011 011110011 11110110010 01111111 1101001010 110101111 1001001010 011101111 0101001010 110100110 0011001010 010100111 1101001010 110100111 1001011000 00110101 1101001110 110101111 1111010110 01010110 11110110010 110100111 10110010010 010011101 0101011110 001101101 1111011110 111111000 1101011110 010100111
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, we, to, of, for, its, o are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, o are repeated.
The author used the same words oh, again at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Boyhood;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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