This is an analysis of the poem The New-Born Baby's Song that begins with:

When I was twenty inches long,
I could not hear the thrush's song;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb bbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 1111011 010000101 11100011 11010101 11111111 11111101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The New-Born Baby's Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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