This is an analysis of the poem The Mother's Song that begins with:
Lord! Oh, hold in Thy hand my child,
Guard by the river its playing!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababaabb cbcbddee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101111 11010010 111101111 10010010 100101101 100110101 10110110 11010110 10110001 10110010 100110111 10110110 00011101 11110111 1001010 1001010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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