This is an analysis of the poem Kittie’s Toys that begins with:
A CHILD'S SONG
[WRITTEN FOR KATHLEEN]...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcbcdedcfc fXecXcecfebc Xeacee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011 10101 1111010010010 1111010011101 011010010010 011010010101 1111011011011 111011010100 101011011011 101011111111 1111011011001 111011010101 101011011011 10111101011 1111010010010 1111010110101 111011011011 111111110101 1101110110110 1101111110111 1101111111101 1101110111100 1110110110110 11100101010101 1101011011011 11111000010100 1101010010010 1101010111110 1111110110110 1111011010100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 490
- Average number of words per stanza: 102
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, soldier, flag, ship, penny, my, house, whacking, ones, johnny are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, marie, gretchen, johnny, when, and are repeated.
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- summary of Kittie’s Toys;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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