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

Little women, little men,
Childhood never comes again....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AabbacacaaaAAaddaeaeffeeAaaaababffddAabbefefAagg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1110101 1010111 1110101 1010111 0110111 1110111 0110101 1011101 1010101 1010011 1011101 1010101 1111011 1111111 1111101 1110101 1110101 1011101 10000101 1010101 1010111 10100111 1110101 1010101 1111101 1111101 1010101 1011101 1010111 1011111 1011101 1110111 11100111 1111111 1110111 1010101 1000111 1011101 1110111 1111101 1010001 1011101 1010111 1011101 1110101 1111111 1000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1428
  • Average number of words per stanza: 269
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; little, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Little Army;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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