This is an analysis of the poem Childhood that begins with:

HOW I could see through and through you!
So unconscious, tender, kind, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bebe fafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 1110101 11101101 0011011 1110101 11101010 1010011 10100010 1111111 11101010 10010111 00100010 1111101 0010101 1010111 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Childhood;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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