This is an analysis of the poem A Changeling that begins with:

My Future lay cradled asleep;
I kissed the sweet mouth and she smiled...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbXbbcbcXaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001 11011111 001001110 1011001 01111001 111001011 111000101 11011001 11011111 1101001 1111111 11101101 11011101 01101001 11111001 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 564
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; her, i are repeated.

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  • summary of A Changeling;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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