This is an analysis of the poem To A Western Boy that begins with:

O BOY of the West!
To you many things to absorb, I teach, to help you become eleve of... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcacb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 011010011101101100 1 10111101011 010110001011011110001 10 011001110011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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