This is an analysis of the poem Childhood Alone Is Glad that begins with:

Childhood alone is glad. With it time flees
In constant mimes and bright festivities.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbbbccaadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101010011 01010110100 0101010101 11110111001 1101011101 1111110101 11110111010 11110110010 0100110011 1101010011 101010101110 010111110010 10111001101 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 631
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Childhood Alone Is Glad;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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