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

There is a blue star, Janet,
Fifteen years’ ride from us,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abC abC Xdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110 010101 01101010110 1001110 100101 01101010110 111 0011 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 78
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ride is repeated.

    The author used the same word there 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 star is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word hour at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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