This is an analysis of the poem Mother And The Baby that begins with:

Mother and the baby! Oh, I know no lovelier pair,
For all the dreams of all the world are hovering 'round them there;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeff ccgghhbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10101011111001 110101011100101 10010001110001 01010101010101 1010101010101 01110101110101 11011001111001 11111101110101 11010101110101 01010101111100 110100101011111 00010101100111 11010100110111 11111101011101 111111010100111 110011101000111 1010101010111 011010100011000 10011101100101 11111101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 567
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (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; and, all, of, she, so, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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