This is an analysis of the poem Child Of Europe that begins with:

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We, whose lungs fill with the sweetness of day....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabc dXe deffX dfc eg eh ic ad XjdiXXk gfdd aXdd Xcl ec mm lc cl ff Xng Xa de bc oh bk Xde dX cf fg Xhi me Xj cke Xho ml me cl Xni md dkXgk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,5,3,2,2,2,2,7,4,4,3,2,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,3,2,2,3,3,2,2,2,3,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1111001001 101011100 11011110 111001010 1011000101 110111010 100100100001110 1101010101 11010101010110 10001 1111110110 1101000101010 10010011 0101001000011 1001011111001 1101010100110 11110111 1001110100110101 10110101010110 1010101111010 0101101111011 01001101010011 1 101100011010 010001001000110 01011001000110 010001010010000110 10010100 10010100010010 11010111100 00110101010 111100100110110 101010010 10101110101 0100001111 101001111 10111111 1 11011001010 110010010010 11101110001 00101010010 11110101010010 010010110 11101000100 1101011000100 1111000100 11010101000100 10010100100010 110110010010 1 1110110010101 111011100100100 111010110010101 10101001101001 10010011000110 100101111110 0101001001010 01010010110 1011111101010 1110010101 01100101001010 01010101101010 1 111111110 110011111 10110001001 0111010010 111010111 01110111010 01010010101010 0100101100 1 1110101101 1110101110 101111011 0101001001 1111010110 111111111 1110001001 101010010 011000011010 1 110110001101 01011010011 11010010111 101011010 11010110011 111001010010 100101010110 10100111010 1 010100101 01010001000010 10010110111011 010011011010 1101010001 100101101010 111011010 100111000100010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 39
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 101
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, dispensing, the, love, their are repeated.

    The author used the same words we, let, do at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines logic, experiment are repeated).

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