This is an analysis of the poem The Love-Sick Boy that begins with:
When first my old, old love I knew,
My bosom welled with joy;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb dbdbebeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111 1101001 11010111 110111 11110100 010001 11011111 110111 11010101 110101 11010101 100111 01010111 111111 11110101 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; my, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word boy at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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