This is an analysis of the poem A Good Boy that begins with:

I woke before the morning, I was happy all the day,
I never said an ugly word, but smiled and stuck to play. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101110101 11011101111101 11110101010101 11110101111100 11010111010111 111010101110111 11110101110101 11011111110111 11011101110001 11010100011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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