This is an analysis of the poem Declaration that begins with:

Child, I will give you rings to wear,
And, if you love them, dainty dresses,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 101101010 101110111 101101010 11011011 1101110100 11111101 1001010100 11010100 10111111 11111101 11111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Declaration;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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