This is an analysis of the poem The Birth Of The Water Baby that begins with:

Little egg,
little nub,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXabbbXccbdXe ccecEXfDD cXgccgfdaXXcfaE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,9,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 101 11000 101 10110 001101 111011 1100 1111 1 0101101 1100 101 101 0101 110101 111001 1011 011 001 10101 10110 11 11 11011 11 101 1101 1101 1111 010 111 0100 0100 011 010011 1110 1110 001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Birth Of The Water Baby;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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