This is an analysis of the poem The Organ-Boy that begins with:

GREAT brown eyes,
Thick plumes of hair,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbccdcefffcbgbhaia ajcjjkjkjfXfealaemnm ijejdgogadmddceckjejdaja eicXpaaaohkhcjajojhjdiXinccchckcXiiipmamcacaXiji ebebagogajmjaono jcfchejeoiai hcgcjmjmXjgjommckXkckjcjncncaXkmelcl imXmenXXicacmiaikhchcieimmnm hcacejejXcecadXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,20,24,48,16,12,36,28,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 1101 1100 0111 01010 1101 11011 101011 0111 10101 001101 111001 0111 10111 1010110 11001 1010110 01011 11001 101001 101110 11001 101011 11011 110011 01101 001111 101111 1011 01011 10111100 11001 101100 1011 111111 001001 1010010 1101 101011 101111 100011 01001 011111 11111 010110 11111 111010 01001 0111010 01101 11101 111001 1010001 001001 011010 11001 1111010 1011101 101001 10101 111011 101001 10101110 11011 101101 111101 111011 00101 01111 0010110 0101100 10110 0101100 110010 0110100 111110 01001 111101 0010010 01111 011010 11101 1010110 11001 011010 010110 1011010 1110 001001 001101 110010 11011 000110 11001 1011110 01111 111111 111111 110010 11101 111001 111000 101011 101101 11011 0010010 101101 011010 111011 001111 101101 101011 11101100 1011 11101 001101 111111 101101 1010010 01101 1110110 10101 01000 101001 111110 110010 1110110 111010 11101 110101 11011 001001 010010 01101 110111 11001 1111010 01001 001001 111111 1110110 01011 110010 01111 11011 10001 011001 111001 110010 010011 101101 101001 1011110 011011 111011 11101 111010 110100 011110 11001 1100100 01101 101001 101101 1110110 01001 011110 01001 010110 01001 1011010 11001 01111 101011 1101010 11101 1111110 11111 10100101 1001 011001 101101 11100110 11101 101101 011111 1011010 01011 101101 110001 0011110 01001 1010110 010010 101011 0011010 101111 111001 1111010 01111 11101 011111 1111111 11111 1111010 01001 1010010 110101 111101 001011 111101 001001 1110100 11011 101011 101011 0110010 110111 110101 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 614
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 220
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, so, of, oh, to, ', my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, of, was, the, still, to, perish are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, shall 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 thee, ' are repeated).

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  • summary of The Organ-Boy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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