This is an analysis of the poem The Two Children that begins with:
Part I
Heavy hangs the raindrop ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaba aaba cdbd baba efgf ghgi Xjij hcec kdgd X lili gfgf mimi Xaha gaXa klkl X X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 101011 00101 101011 110101 101011 10101 1101011 011101 101011 10111 101011 11111 101010 100101 1001011 110101 101010 01111 101010 10101 1010110 110111 1111010 110101 101010 110101 101110 111111 111010 110101 100110 110101 101010 101010 101110 10100010 11 10010101 11111 10011111 011101 1101001001 11010101 11011101 1110101 1101011010 111110101 1101101110 111011100 101001110 11111101 1110101010 11011101 101101010 101110100 101101100 110111111 101011110 10101111 10101010 111001101 111 10011111000101011111101101100100100110010100101001100111001000100100010101011001010010101010100111101001011110010100010111111010010100101011
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; heavy, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words heavy, and are repeated.
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