This is an analysis of the poem A Boy Named Sue that begins with:
Well, my daddy left home when I was three,
and he didn't leave much to Ma and me,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aabcbd Xedccd ffgbhg cadcXd ccaccdg fijdkj fhXlh iikXeX fXdalXdXffdfagd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,7,6,5,6,15,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1110111111 1110110111 10101101001 11111011111 10101111001 0111111111 1111101101 10110100101 0111011111 111101111 1111111101 111111010111 1111111111 111111111 101010111 111101001101 1101011111 111111101 1011000101111 11111111 1111111101 1110100101 110101011010 1011111 1111111111 00111011101 1110110110101 111111111 1111111111 11111011111 11101111111 1111101011111 10101111001 11101011111001 101011111 0110001101010 001101101 11111101111010101 111011110101 111101111110 1110111111 111101111111 1111010110 01101011001 1111100101101 11111111110 11110111110 11110111 111111111 110111111111 1010111111011 011111011 01111010011101 011010011111 111111111 11111111111 111111101 1110100100101 111011111 100111100111101 1010111111011 11110111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 62
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he, to, my, i, that, him, you, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he are repeated.
The author used the same word well at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word sue at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Boy Named Sue;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
