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

Sweet Eva! Shall I send thee forth
With other hearts to speak?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXcac XadaXefe cghgXfcf hiXibieiXfbdbeaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 010101 01110011 010101 11011011 111101 11110101 111111 11110101 01011 11110011 011101 01111110 110101 11000111 110101 01110101 1101010 01010001 01000010 11011100 111101 110011001 111101 1101101 010101 110101000 111101 11011101 111111 01010101 111101 11111111 111101 11010111 110101 11110101 010011 11010101 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, not, and are repeated.

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

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

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