This is an analysis of the poem A Boy’s Hopes that begins with:

Dear mother, dry those flowing tears,
They grieve me much to see;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eBebfgfg hghgdbdB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 111101 11111101 111111 11110111 010101 11011001 111101 11010111 0101001 11110001 110101 11011101 111101 11010101 111101 00110111 010111 11110111 0101001 11111111 111111 01011101 0101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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  • summary of A Boy’s Hopes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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