This is an analysis of the poem Babyhood that begins with:
A baby shines as bright
If winter or if May be... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaC bab abXC X dddD dXd dddD X abaB bab abaB X eXef fefXefef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,1,4,3,4,1,4,3,4,1,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010111 0101010 111101 010 1101110 011101 0111110 110111 0101110 110110 010 1 1100100101 110101010 01011111 110 111111010 11011110 101101010 11011101 1011110110 11011111 110 1 110101111 011001 010101111 1101 0110100101 0111111 110100101 110101111 110111 110100111 1101 1 1111 1101 1101 1 1111 1101 1101 1111 0111 1111 1
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 80
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; all, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word all is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines may is repeated).
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- summary of Babyhood;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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