This is an analysis of the poem Teatro Bambino. Dublin, N. H. that begins with:

How still it is! Sunshine itself here falls
In quiet shafts of light through the high trees ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcdbcd efefgbagba hihiejXejXXaaaabgbbgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100110111 0101011011 1101010101 1001011111 1001011011 01010100101 0101111100 1101111001 1101010101 1101010100 1101110101 00010101101 0100110101 00101011101 0101010101 0101010111 1101010110 1111010101 11010100101 01101010101 01110100101 1101110111 10111110011 1101011101 1001011101 1111110111 10111111000 101000011001 1001010101 010100111000 0101100111 1101000111 1100011111 1101011101 01011100101 1100011101 1101010111 1101010101 0101010111 100010001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 449
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, the are repeated.

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  • summary of Teatro Bambino. Dublin, N. H.;
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  • idea of the verse;
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