This is an analysis of the poem The Beautiful Beeshareen Boy that begins with:

Beautiful, black-eyed boy,
O lithe-limbed Beeshareen! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXabcccb dadefffa dgdghhhg bbbbhhhb igigjjjg hgjgaaeg jkjkhhhk lhlhgggh kkkkgggk XcbcXhhc cacagggc dmdmhhjm AhajdddXXlklkbbbk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111 111100 111111 111101 1101101 1000101 110111 100101 100101 100110 010101 010100 110111 011101 010111 111101 110111 100101 100101 101101 110111 1000111 111111 010001 010111 010111 101111 110101 110011 10111 010111 101101 110011 100111 110101 110101 110101 101111 111001 1101001 101111 111101 100111 101101 111101 111101 101100 100101 101111 010101 111001 100101 010101 1111001 011101 11010 1101101 110101 110101 010111 111001 111111 111001 110101 010111 1011111 1101001 110101 110111 110101 010101 1100001 01110 100101 100101 110101 110100 100101 110100 111111 110101 111101 101101 010101 111111 0100101 011101 110101 111101 101111 100111 010111 010111 101101 110101 1111001 100111 111100 110101 1100111 011111 111101 110101 111000 110101 100101 100101 100101 111101 111101 101111 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 113
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words our, now are repeated.

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  • summary of The Beautiful Beeshareen Boy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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