This is an analysis of the poem By The Babe Unborn that begins with:

If trees were tall and grasses short,
As in some crazy tale,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dcec dfef Xafa Xfgf ghdh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 101101 01110101 010101 001101001 011111 01111111 111111 01111011 111111 11011101 110101 111110110 110111 11010111 0100001 11101111 010101 11001101 110101 11110101 010011 01011101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 149
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i, if are repeated.

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  • summary of By The Babe Unborn;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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