This is an analysis of the poem The Mother's Prayer that begins with:
This was my little son
Who leapt and laughed on my knee:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBXbcdbdebbffbeb aghgdijibbab hajacada akXkXbfc fljlXajaeajabbjc XhghgjijcbaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,12,8,8,16,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011101 1111111 101101 110111 010100 0111011 010101 0010011 0111011 101111 10101011 10100111 101111 11111111 1111011 1111 101101 010101 101111 101101 101011 11111110 101010 10111010 111101 111101 1001010 100111 1111111 111101 11011101 111111 1011110 1110011 110101 11101 1111111 1111101 101001010 1010101 1011110101 10111101 1111011 111100 111110111 110101 111101101 1111 1110011 1111010 1111001 1110 110101 1111101 111111 10101101 000111 0111111 110010111 111100 1111010 01111 01001010 0111001 100010010 101111 11110010 111111 1100010 101111 111101 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 353
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, by, all, that, god, o, to, thy, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words by, all, we, to are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word victory at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Mother's Prayer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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