This is an analysis of the poem The Child World that begins with:

The child world is a wondrous world,
For there the flags of hate are furled, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbaacc ddeeddaa ffeeeegg aabbgXhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100101 110101110 11010100 11010101 11010111 11010101 11011101 011001001 01011001 01111101 01010111 01010101 11011101 110101001 111101001 11010111 11011101 10110101 10110101 01010101 01001111 01010101 100101001 11010001 11010111 01000101 011001001 01010100 01010101 11010100 11011101 01111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; there, and, his, of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words the, who at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Child World;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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