This is an analysis of the poem Once that begins with:
Once there was a boy who
wanted to be beautiful...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabcdcd XX b aXeXXXeXXeXbae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,1,14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 1000100 1011 10001 01110 11110001 01110 111101 1111101 110 11110 11111001 101001 111001 1111010 000 11101110 1111110101 111 0111101 1001 011101 10101111 10010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; for, them, to, they, t are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Once;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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