This is an analysis of the poem Man Child that begins with:

All day he lay upon the sand
When summer sun was bright,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefghgh cacaijij fkfk gbgbgjgX kekfXaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,4,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 110111 11011101 010001 11011111 111101 11001101 111101 10010101 111100 01110101 111101 11110011 110111 11110101 011101 01111111 110111 11010101 110101 11111101 011111 11111101 010111 11001111 110101 11110111 011110 10101001111 111111 11001101 111101 11111111 111111 11111101 1111010 01010111 010101 11111101 010011 11110101 110101 01011101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word his is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Man Child;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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