This is an analysis of the poem A Child that begins with:

Little wisp of wonderment,
All the world your doll! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABaAabAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100 10111 1000110 1010100 1110101 10101 1010100 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of A Child;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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