This is an analysis of the poem The Heart, The Child, The World that begins with:

Out in the world, the child
cries for the mother...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXbcd daabbXeefafceceg adbfacaXXbXgf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,16,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101 11010 101111 10101 10101010 10111 1100001 110001 1111 11111 111110 0100010 1111 1010101 11 11010 101111 110010 001 01110010 11100 1111001 01010 1101001 111010 10110 110111 011111 11 101 101010 11101 0101001010 11 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • 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; cries, my are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines spring is repeated).

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  • summary of The Heart, The Child, The World;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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