This is an analysis of the poem The Boy’s Appeal that begins with:

O say, dear sister, are you coming
Forth to the fields with me?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac defegfhf idbdjecX hhXhjhXh eigicaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111101110 100101 010101010 010111 110101110 101101 111111010 101101 111100101 011101 110110100 100111 111110101 110101 010011101 010101 111100101 010101 110010101 100101 111110101 0101011 101011101 010110 11110111 1101110 010010101 01001010 111100101 010101 11110101 111111 11010101 1100101 01011101 000101 110100111 110101 11110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; and is repeated.

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

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

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

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