This is an analysis of the poem I Would I Were A Child that begins with:
I would I were a child,
That I might look, and laugh, and say, My Father!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba acca dccd ecce fbbf fbbf agga hifjccj kcck hllh kmibmk jbbj bnccn
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,7,4,4,6,4,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001 11111111110 11010101110 011111 111111 11110011010 11011111110 111101 011111 11110111010 11111111010 110111 111101 11110111110 01111011010 010111 110111 11101011010 11010111110 111111 110111 10110100110 10010111010 010111 111111 10011100110 11111111010 010111 11 11 1 1 10110100110 11010101010 111111 011111 11110111110 10011101010 110011 111101 01011110110 10111101010 010101 111001 11111101010 01111 10 0010 101101 100101 11010111010 01011101110 110111 10 1111 11110111010 10110101110 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; and, i, thy, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thy is repeated.
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