This is an analysis of the poem The Mother’s Heart that begins with:

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WHEN first thou camest, gentle, shy, and fond, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcaaX dedebbX bfbfggX bcbcbba afafhha aXaXaaX ififbbX jdjdkkX lflfbbi mXmfkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1111010111 11011111010 1101100101 11011101010 1111010110 1111111111 1 1011010110 110010011010 1101110001 11000111010 01001000101 1101011111 1 1100011111 10111101110 1100111101 10111111010 1101010101 10111101001 1 11011111001 11010101010 1101110101 11010001010 1101111101 1111010001 1 1111011011 100111010010 0111011101 11110101110 10011001001 10111001001 1 1101010101 11010101100 1101010111 10110111100 11001011101 1001001111 1 11110110111 01110111010 0101010101 01010111010 0111010101 1111011101 1 1111010111 111100111010 0101010111 11110111010 100010010101 0101001111 1 1111010111 110101101010 1101011101 11011111010 1101001101 1011001101 1 10001110101 11110110100 1101010101 11010101010 1101010101 1001011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; that, to, thy, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, and, the, nor are repeated.

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