This is an analysis of the poem Teach Him—when He Makes The Names that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXaXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1111101 11101 10100101 11101 0111101 11101 111 100110 1110000
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • 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; as is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.

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