This is an analysis of the poem The Sinless Child Part 5 that begins with:

The loud winds rattled at the door—
The shutters creaked and shook,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdede fgdghhXh iedeijcj jkekcljX bebXmfef Xiigg jXnn aadd aaii iill iiee iiiikiii iaeaakXX iefemeoe cieideae gcicjbob eidioeXe gdbdjiXi ellaanXkk jjaXaXee iiXakkii aXXghhgX aahhXXdd ppeXddiX Xaaagggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,5,4,4,4,4,4,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,9,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01110101 010111 11010101 101101 010010111 0101001 11010110 111101 01010101 110101 11011011 110101 110100101 010101 01010101 111101 01001101 010101 11010101 010101 11010101 100101 11010101 010101 01011111 1100010 01011101 0111010 11110101 110101 10110101 0100101 111110101 110101 111110101 010101 01000101 111101 10010101 0100101 0110 11010101010111 11100101110111 01011111111101 11010101010111 11010101111101 11011101110110 11010101111101 01010101110111 11010111011101 11010101110101 110111011010101 01010001011101 11011101100101 01010101100111 01010101110101 11010101011111 11010111110111 10110101100101 1101010011010111 110101010101001 11010111110101 11011101110101 01010101110101 01010101010001 110010101 010101 10110101 011101 11011101 010101 11011101 010101 11000101 011101 11010101 110111 11010101 010101 11011101 101101 1110101001 010010 110001001 011101 111100101 011101 01110100 010101 11010101 110101 11010101 010101 01010100 010111 11100101 110111 11110101 010101 01110101 010001 11010101 110101 11010100 0100111 11010101 110101 11010101 111101 11111100 010101 11110100 110001 11100101 101101 11010001 110101 11110101 111101 01010010 010111 00101 11000111110101 11010101010111 10111101011101 01010111110101 101010101110101 01110101111101 11110101110101 11111011101110001 11011101110101 111101011110101 1010110111110101 1010111010110111 111101001110101 111101111101010 01001001111001 11011101010101 01100101010101 11010100011100001 0111011111010110 00011101010101 01010101011111 11011111110101 11111111010101 01111111011101 01110111110111 0101001110101000 11010101111111 11010101111111 110101111100001 11010101110101 11010101011111 11011010011111 11111110110101 01010101010111 11011101010101 11111110010111 11011101010101 11110101110111 01110001011101 11011101100111 01010101110101 01110111010101 11001101110111 11110101111111 011100101100111 110111110111001 11011100110101 11010101110101 111100111110101 11110101100101 110010101010111 11010111110101 11010101011101 11011101110101 100010111111011 01010101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 321
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 179
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, no, she, he, that, ' are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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  • summary of The Sinless Child Part 5;
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