This is an analysis of the poem Little Girls that begins with:

God made the little boys for fun, for rough and tumble times of play;
He made their little legs to run and race and scamper through the day....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccdd bbeecc ffbbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101011111110101 1111010111110101 110111011100111 1 1101010011101101 1111110111010001 1111110111110101 11111101010101001 1101010101111101 0111011111010111 11110100111011101 1111010111110101 1101110111110101 110100001001010001 1111110101110011 1101010011011101 11101101110111001 1101110011110100 0101011111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 418
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, for, made, he, his are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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