This is an analysis of the poem A Boy Scouts' Patrol Song that begins with:
These are our regulations --
There's just one law for the Scout... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXbbbbb cdcdbbbB ededXbfb egegbbbB faffgbgB ahahXbXB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010 1111101 1011011001101 1010100101010 111111 111111 11101110 11101110 1101111 11111101 11101011 10111001 0100101 11111011 11111011 111001011 1010111 11101001 11101001 111111 010101 10101001 101011001 010101 11010111 1111101 11111101 11111111 1101001 101010001 10110001 101011001 1010111 10100111 1011101 1111111 11111011 0111111 1101001 1111001 1010111 1111101 10100101 111111111 111011011 00101001 101001101 1101101100 1010111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you, or, look, out, your, for, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, look, for are repeated.
The author used the same word look at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines out is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word out at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of A Boy Scouts' Patrol Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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