This is an analysis of the poem In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet that begins with:

Farewell dear babe, my heart's too much content,
Farewell sweet babe, the pleasure of mine eye,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXaaXXbXbaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111111110 1111010011 11110110111 11001100100 1111111011 1101110101 1111001101011 1101111111 11110100111 1111101101 1111101111 1111000101 1111011101 010101111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 633
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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