This is an analysis of the poem The Age Of Infancy that begins with:

The earth and sky were unknown worlds to me
Only the expanse of mother's bosom was a world to me...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa aa aa bb ba XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111001101 100010101010101 100101010011001 111110100101 1010010110111 0100111101 11111011110 1010101001101 11101000101011 110111011101 111010010111101 1111111000000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, me, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Age Of Infancy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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