This is an analysis of the poem Nature The Gentlest Mother Is that begins with:

Nature the gentlest mother is,
Impatient of no child, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb cbcb ddXd aeXX fgXgXdefe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100100 010011 01000100 010101 010101 110001 0101010 110101 1101010 010101 0110010 110111 0101010 010101 0010010 0101010 110101 111101 10011001 110001 0100010 110001 01010101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.

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