This is an analysis of the poem Ethics For Infants that begins with:

Now, children, in this lesson of a rather novel sort
Let us dwell, however briefly, on the moral phase of sport,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd aaeeddff aaggffdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11000100010101 111110101010101 101010101110101 11011100110101 01011101010101 11010101111101 01110101110101 111000101011001 111101010101 11010101110101 101110100010101 10111010111001 11011101100101 11110101111001 111011111011101 11011111110101 01011101110101 1011011101010001 01010100110101 11110101010001 11111101110111 11111111010101 01010111110101 10101010101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 463
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you are repeated.

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  • summary of Ethics For Infants;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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