This is an analysis of the poem Motherhood that begins with:
I wonder if he'll stop to think,
When the long years have traveled by,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabbbbcdcdaaaacacaeeeafafdfdfgagXhihi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 39,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11001101 10101101 11011101 11010111 11001001 01000101 010101001 01110101 11011101 01010111 11010001 110100011 11110011 11011111 11011100 11011101 11111111 01001101 110010111 110011101 11010111 11010101 01010001 11110111 01011101 11001101 110100111 11010101 11110101 11011111 11010101 01110101 11111111 11000101 11011100 11111111 11110101 01000101 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1293
- Average number of words per stanza: 263
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Motherhood;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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