This is an analysis of the poem To A Little Invisible Being that begins with:

WHO IS EXPECTED SOON TO BECOME VISIBLE
Germ of new life, whose powers expanding slow ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababcbcbdadaefefgcgcbgbghfhfebebifiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,36,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100101001100 10111100101 11001110101 1101010101 01011101001 110110011001 1001011101 1101111101 01110100101 1101010101 11011100101 1011010101 1101010101 1101010101 01010101001 1101110101 1111010101 1101010101 10111101101 1101010101 1111001101 1101000101 1001100101 0110010101 100111001001 1111010001 1001000101 1111000111 1011001101 1101011101 11010110101 10110101001 1001011001 0111101110 01001011111 10111111010 11111101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 821
  • Average number of words per stanza: 145
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; her, to are repeated.

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  • summary of To A Little Invisible Being;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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