This is an analysis of the poem When Mother's Sewing Buttons On that begins with:

When mother's sewing buttons on
Their little garments, one by one,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AabbXXcccX ddeeaaaabb cceeddffbb ccbXggccaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11010111 11010101 11000101 11011101 11011100 11000101 11110101 11011101 11010101 11000101 10110101 11010111 010010111 110011101 10010001 110111001 11010101 11010101 11000101 10110101 11011101 11010101 11011101 10110101 10110111 11010101 11011111 11010101 010010111 11011101 11011100 01110001 01111101 11011101 11110101 10010111 01111101 01000101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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