This is an analysis of the poem The New-Born Infant that begins with:

Whether beneath sweet beds of roses,
As foolish little Ann supposes,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbaab ccdeed aafddf ggchhc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111010 110101010 010001100 01000101 11010011 10100001 110101001 11011011 100010011 01111101 01010101 00110111 10010111 111001001 11110011 11010101 010101110 010100110 11011111 110100010 110111110 11100101 001111010 110110110 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of The New-Born Infant;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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