This is an analysis of the poem Boon Soul that begins with:

Behold! I'm old; my hair is white;
My eighty years are in the offing,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcd efefghgh adaXgaga gXgbgXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 110010010 110101001 110101110 01010101 11010001000 110100001 010101010 11011111 111101110 11011101 010001010 10010111 011100010 11111110 110101010 11110111 1101011010 111010101 1101110100 11011111 111100010 11111111 111101010 11010110 110111100 01101101 110111110 101010111 1111011101 11010111 111101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; my, i are repeated.

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  • summary of Boon Soul;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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