This is an analysis of the poem Mother's Loss that begins with:
If I could clasp my little babe
Upon my breast to-night, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXadcd cXeXadfd dbdbaghg bibiajkj efefajejXhkbk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111101 011101 11110101 110010 11111101 110101 11011111 110101 11010101 010101 01011111 110101 1111111 110101 11111111 101101 11110101 110001 11101111 110101 11111101 111101 11111111 111101 11110011 010101 11011111 111101 11011101 111101 11011111 110111 11011111 110101 01110101 110101 11011101 111101 11111111 110101 11111111 111111 11111111 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; babe, my, oh, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words oh, i are repeated.
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- summary of Mother's Loss;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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