This is an analysis of the poem Mother's Kisses that begins with:

Baby was playing and down he fell, down he fell, down he fell,
Mama will kiss him and make him well,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABCcB ddbb eeXX XXffXAABCcB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101111111111 100111111 11010000 101101101101101 0100110101 1001010 1110111 1010101 00101010 100010010 1010001 1011101 1011101 1010111 1110001 1110111 1011111 0010101 101101111111111 100111111 11010000 101101101101101 010101101 1001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; toe, his, and, down, he, fell, stubbed are repeated.

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  • summary of Mother's Kisses;
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