This is an analysis of the poem The Sinless Child Part 2 that begins with:

Untiring all the weary day
The widow toiled with care,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdefe bgdghiji gdkdklll gmdmllal madadnmn dbgbodld fglgdaka Xnonllol dnbndpXp neqelmmm rdmdligi Xnanndad difijama hdddlbXb admdkara rdrdddkd heoemdld XgdgldXd fadafada gdldgbmb Xcrcfimi dcacjbXb iomopgog kamacjdj gndnlkck agagbagX balaiaea nalaXlqX mac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10010101 010101 11010101 1101001 010111001 010111 11000101 010001 110101001 011001 11010001 100101 111001010 0010001 11110101 010101 01110101 010111 11110101 010101 11010101 010001 01010001 100101 11011101 110101 01011101 010101 11110101 011001 11010101 011101 11010101 011111 01010101 001111 11010001 010101 01010111 110101 01011101 110001 11010111 110101 01010101 110101 110010111 010101 11110101 110111 01010101 111101 01010101 110101 11010101 1101001 11010101 1101001 11000101 011101 01110101 1101001 11011100 011101 11110101 0101001 01010101 110101 11011111 010011 11011111 010111 01110101 010101 01111111 0111001 11110101 110111 10010111 010101 011101001 010101 11010101 110101 101100111 010101 11110101 010101 01110101 010101 11010101 110101 11010001 110101 01110101 010001 11010111 010001 01010101 110101 11010111 010101 11010101 1010111 110101110 111101 11010101 111001 11100101 1001001 1101010 010101 01100101 110101 1010010101 010101 01011101 010101 110111001 110111 11010101 110001 11011101 010101 11010101 010101 110010101 110011 11001100 0100101 01010101 110101 110011001 110101 01011101 110101 110101010 110101 11010111 101101 010010111 011101 11010110 010001 11010111 110101 01010111 110101 11111101 010101 11010101 110101 01111100 010101 11010101 111101 11110111 110101 11010011 110101 010011110 111101 11110101 11001001 01011111 010101 01001101 010001 01010101 0110001 11010101 110101 11010101 110101 11010001 111101 11011101 010101 11010101 111101 10010001 0101001 11010100 110011 11010100 011001 11010001 0100111 11011101 110111 11110101 110001 1101001 010101 11111101 0111001 11010101 0101110 01110001 1110010 11110111 010101 11010101 111111 01010111 110101 01110111 110100 11010101 011111 11000111 110111 11010011 110011 01010001 0101011 1011101001 111101 010101001 110101 110101010 110101 11110111 0100101 010100101 011101 10010101 010101 11010111 1010101 010010111 1100101 01110101 1101001 010110101 1101001 1101111001 010101 11010101 1011111 11011101 010101 11011101 110101 01010111 1110101 101011101 1011111 11110101 1100101 10011101 110011 11010010010 0100111 111100101 0011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 32
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 256
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; its, from, their, and, with, no, of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words she, the, with, yet at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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