This is an analysis of the poem A Child’s Smile that begins with:
A CHILD'S smile--nothing more;
Quiet, and soft, and grave, and seldom seen; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb caca bcbc dada bXba aeae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011101 1011111101 1101010 1001010101 1111010 1101010111 111001 0111010101 101111 0100010011 010101 1111011101 110001 1111101101 010111 1011110111 1111010 10010101010 0101010 1011011101 110111 0101010111 111101 1101111111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and is repeated.
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