This is an analysis of the poem The Child’s Monitor that begins with:

THE wind blows down the largest tree,
And yet the wind I cannot see! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddddccbXcXee bXXX aaff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 11011101 11111101 11110111 01100011 11110111 01011101 11111011 11011111 00111111 11010111 11110101 11111001 11001101 10111111 11011111 11110111 11010101 11010101 111111011 110110011 110111010 11010110 11010001 100110111 11010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 319
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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 The Child’s Monitor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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