This is an analysis of the poem Baby Face that begins with:

White moon comes in on a baby face.
The shafts across her bed are flimmering....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bbba XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010101 0101011100 1101111 111001111 110011011 100101111001 10100110 110110010 10101001 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Baby Face;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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