This is an analysis of the poem The Kindergarten Miss that begins with:

The little kindergarten miss,
Source of all my joy and bliss,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbcXdcaaedfXXd aaghiiihffcbeegb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 1011111 100100010 1110111 11101010 1110101 11101010 0011100 1111101 1110101 11101110 1111111 1010111 1010111 11101010 1010101 1110101 1111110 11111110 1010101 111011110 11111010 11101110 0010011 1010101 1011101 10101010 0010101 11101110 11111010 11100010 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 490
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; you is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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

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

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