This is an analysis of the poem Cottage-Songs that begins with:

I.-BY THE CRADLE.
Close her eyes: she must not peep!...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc deXe fcfc dbdb ghgh d didi jkjk lele jkjk e Xfef Xiei Xgeg dgmg m aaaa kgkg aiai akak XnXn ffff cXcc aeae agag e fgfg ckck jdjd ihih okok cici fpfpXegeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 1011111 1010111 1011001 1011111 1010101 1010101 10101010 1010111 1010101 0011101 1110101 1010101 1011101 1011011 1010111 1110101 1110111 1010101 1010101 1011101 11001 1111101 1011101 10101001 1110010 10111110 1010001 10111110 1010001 01101010 1010101 10101010 1010100 01001110 1110101 11111110 1010101 11001 000111010 1011111 1110101 1010101 000111010 1010101 1110111 1011111 000111010 10101001 1110111 1110101 1011101 1011111 1010100 1011101 11010 1100111 1010111 1010001 1000101 1011111 1000111 1010001 1011101 1011101 11101101 1010001 1010101 1110101 1011111 1100101 1110101 00111110 1110101 10111010 0010101 1110101 1111111 0111101 1111101 1011101 1011101 100100101 1010111 1011101 1011101 1011111 1011101 1110111 1011111 01111100 1011001 110010 1010101 1011111 1110001 1110101 1010111 1010101 1110101 1010101 11101010 0010101 11101110 1001101 1110101 0010111 1010101 1011101 1010001 1010101 1010101 1010101 1110101 1010111 1011101 0010101 1011111 1001111 1110101 1111101 1110101 10101001 1010001 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 35
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 125
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; sweep, and, you, of, it, there are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words sweep, see, lord, there are repeated.

    The author used the same word this 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 floor is repeated).

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