This is an analysis of the poem Godmother that begins with:

The day that I was christened-
It's a hundred years, and more!-...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeaeXafafXXgXhdhXcgcg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111110 0010011 011110 10111 0100111 111111 10000011 0101 111110 11111 1100010 10010 01110 00111 11110 111 100101010 01011 111010 11111 11010 10101 01110 101010 1100011 0110101 101111 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 705
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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