This is an analysis of the poem Childhood that begins with:
I.
That idol, black eyes and yellow mop, without parents or court, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXcb dcca aXefccXgX XXhfde bXeX ijXf keie ibef lbac XfXee hXXfcga Xeeidgceigijlcf abfmcennXfcXebemekb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,9,6,4,4,4,4,4,5,7,15,19,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 110111101011011 10110011010 00110010110 11010110101 10100111 1010001011010111 0101011 10011110001 10010101111101 10111100010001 1011100 011001001 10011011 01110110 110111001101000 1001000100001110 101010111010010 11001000110111 1 001010110101000 0110011101 010101101 010101001001 010101001101 0111101001 001010101000 101010101001 11001 110011010101 0010110101101 0111100101001 0101010100110100 0010111110 101101011 01101000101 011110010011011 011010 1010010110010 0101011 10101 01101 100100100101 011010011 1010100011 1 0011001 01111111 10011101 10010001011 100010111101111 1001010010001 111101011000 1001010100011101 1010001 1111110110 101111101 1 1101111010 10101 1110010101 1101000111 1011101101001110 11001000010110011 010010111 111101101010100101 1110010101010 10100110101110001 01010010111 01011001 01010011011011001 011000100101 1 1011011111 001100111101 111111010 0111011110 1110101011101 1010100110010010 1011110 010111 10101011 111010101 101010001 1010101001 01001110111101 10110100100 101010100010 1110010 1101001100 110110001
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 91
- 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; and, there, that, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, there, i are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sea is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase perhaps connects the lines.
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- summary of Childhood;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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