This is an analysis of the poem The Baby-House that begins with:

Dear Agatha, I give you joy,
And much admire your pretty toy,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbbbccddee ffeeddgghheeddddggeeXaccddiiggddbbXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,36,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001111 11011101 01000101 11001101 01110111 01110001 11110101 01010101 01010111 01010101 110111001 01001101 111101001 01010111 11111111 11010101 11110101 101111101 11110011 11010101 1100100101 01110101 01110011 10010101 11110101 01010101 11110101 1101101 01011101 01010101 11011101 01011101 11110101 11110101 110010101 11011101 01010101 11010111 11010110 01110101 11010101 11010111 01110111 1010100101 11011111 10010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 10010111 11110010 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 957
  • Average number of words per stanza: 175
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of The Baby-House;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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