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

Unfriendly friendly universe,
I pack your stars into my purse,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb bbdbbd eedaad ffgdXg cchffh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 11110011 111111 11111111 11110111 110100100 11111111 1110111 101011101 11110111 11111111 11010111 011100001 001011001 11011101 01010101 101011011 101011100 10101101 10011001 011101111 11011111 1010100 101111111 1111101 11100111 11011101 11111111 11011101 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; i, and, what are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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