This is an analysis of the poem Ex Ore Infantium that begins with:
Little Jesus, wast Thou shy
Once, and just so small as I?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabcaabcaaddeeddeeff aaggaaffhhii eeaaaajjkkbbjXXgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,12,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 1111111 11001100 10101111 1101101 11110100 1111111 1111101 1110101 11011100 11101011 11101011 1110101 1110111 111101001 01010111 01110001 11111111 10110111 11010111 11010111 010011111 1111101 11111101 1011001101 11011101 11110111 11110101 11010111 01110111 10110101 11110101 11111001 1111111 11110101 1011001 1111101 0101101 1111101 1111101 1010111 11011111 1110111 11001101 0110111 1011111 11110111 101001010 11011101 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 431
- Average number of words per stanza: 86
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, thou are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).
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