This is an analysis of the poem Baby Picture that begins with:
It's in the heart of the grape
where that smile lies....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XAbAcAXbX deaXXeec fG fcXXaafbacdXXec fG X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,2,15,2,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0001001 1111 000011001 1111 00010010001 1111 11 0101101 110010101 01011110 010100011 1100001010 010101 101000001010 101 1110011 001010 1 111 11001 11111101 11001 111111010 11001 111111 01111 11001 10101111 11001 11101110101 1111010 1001001111 100111 1001 1 111 10011001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, smile, i are repeated.
The author used the same word it's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Baby Picture;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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