This is an analysis of the poem Suffer Little Children, And Forbid Them Not, To Come Unto Me that begins with:

To Jesus our Saviour some parents presented
Their children-what fears and what hopes they must feel!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc XdXd efef XcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010110110010 11011111111 100010111010 110100110001 110110101110 11100111111 11001010010 00101001101 011010110110 11001101111 1111110010110 11101001011 110110110011 01101111001 111010111011 101001101001 110111010110 11011001011 1010010110100 110101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Suffer Little Children, And Forbid Them Not, To Come Unto Me;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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