This is an analysis of the poem To T.L.H. that begins with:

A CHILD
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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbccaaaabbddeeffaagg ffhhiiffccjjiiaaddggbbgX Xaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,20,24,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01 1001101 10010101 011000101 10010101 11010110 10010101 1010101 10110101 1110101 100111001 1110101 10110111 1011101 11110100 1110111 0010111 11000101 1111101 1011001 11010101 1011101 1110111 1101010010 111101010 10111111 1010101011 1110101 110010111 1100111011 1111101 01111111 11011110 111010111 1010111 1110101 100010101 111111010 0101110010 01011101 10110101 11000101 110011101 111100101 01010100 1101101 10111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 401
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; thy is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word sights is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).

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  • summary of To T.L.H.;
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