• "The Idiot Boy's" tone is considered to be comedic.[38][39] Its humour has been dubbed a "defence against the ominous threats facing Johnny,"[40]...
  • When “The Idiot Boy” was first published in 1798, it was received with a great deal of discomfort. The primary critique was against the representation of idiocy...
  • The Idiot Boy by William Wordsworth.
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  • The Idiot Boy. Tis eight o'clock,—a clear March night, The moon is up—the sky is blue, The owlet in the moonlight air, He shouts from nobody knows where...
  • And he is all in travelling trim, And by the moonlight, Betty Foy Has up upon the saddle set, The like was never heard of yet, Him whom she loves, her idiot boy.
  • And he is all in travelling trim, And by the moonlight, Betty Foy Has up upon the saddle set, The like was never heard of yet, Him whom she loves, her idiot boy.
  • Bu nedenle "The Idiot Boy" yenilikçi bir balad. Geleneksel bir balad stanza, ABCB veya ABAB rime şeması ile dörtlüler içerir.
  • The Idiot Boy. (Wordsworth). He wandered down the mountain grade Beyond the speed assignedA youth whom Justice often stayed And generally fined.
  • "The Idiot Boy," therefore, is an innovative ballad. A traditional ballad stanza features quatrains with the rime scheme ABCB or ABAB.
  • Versions of The Idiot Boy (Wordsworth) include: "The Idiot Boy" in Lyrical Ballads (1798).