This is an analysis of the poem The Children's Heaven that begins with:

The infant lies in blessed ease
Upon his mother's breast;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaca dadaefef gagagegX dhXhifXf bbbbihih babajgjg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101011 010101 11110101 0101001 11010111 010101 01110101 010101 110111001 111101 01110111 000101 111111001 111111 11101101 110101 11111101 010101 11010101 010111 11010101 111111 11011101 111011 11010111 111101 11011110 010101 1001011001 101101 01011011 010111 01011101 111101 011101001 111111 01110111 110111 01010001 010101 11110111 101111 11110101 110101 11010001 010111 10111111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, its, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, its are repeated.

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  • summary of The Children's Heaven;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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