This is an analysis of the poem July The Fourth that begins with:

As when a little babe is born the parents cannot guess
The story of the future years, their grief or happiness,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXcc ddccee eeffggXeebbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010101010101 01000100111100 11010001010101 01011101111100 01010101111101 01000101010001 110100010101011 11010101110101 01010100110101 11010101010101 010111010100000 11010101011101 00010011110101 11010001110101 11010111110101 010111110110111 10110100111101 11010011010101 11011101010001 111111011101001 11110101110111 10110101110101 111110101111101 11110100111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 351
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, we, they, and are repeated.

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  • summary of July The Fourth;
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