This is an analysis of the poem Come Hither, Child that begins with:

Come hither, child--who gifted thee
With power to touch that string so well? ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dede fefe aagg aaXf ddgg hhhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 010011111 110111101 11111101 11110101 11110101 111110101 11110001 11011101 11110101 11010111 11010111 11110111 11111111 11110101 101010111 11011101 01110101 110000101 01010101 10111111 11011111 10001101 01010111 11011101 11011101 111100111 01101101 11011101 111101 11011101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and, i, no are repeated.

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

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

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