This is an analysis of the poem The Child In Our Soul that begins with:

Toward God in heaven spacious
With artless faith a boy looks free,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdd efefgghh hdXdiihh eXeXffhh djdjbbdd kckcjjhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01101010 01010111 10101010 110101 11000101 11110101 0101010 110 11010010 01010101 0101110 0101011 11010101 11110111 0101110 110 1111010 11011101 1101100 110101 01010101 11000111 1101010 010 0101010 11010101 1111010 01001000 11010101 01010101 0101010 110 1111010 01111111 1101010 010111 11000111 01100101 1101010 010 1111010 11110101 1101010 011111 11111101 110101101 0101010 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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  • summary of The Child In Our Soul;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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