This is an analysis of the poem My Ancestors that begins with:
A barefoot boy I went to school
To save a cobbler's fee,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababaX acacac bdbdbd efefagag
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111101 010101 11010111 010101 11110111 11011 11110001 111101 11010101 1100111 11010101 110111 11010101 1100001 01010101 110101 011101101 111101 10110011 111101 10100101 111001 11010101 010101 1100101 110001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; our, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase we connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of My Ancestors;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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