This is an analysis of the poem Children Of Love that begins with:

The holy boy
Went from his mother out in the cool of the day... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aaba cdad dece Afcf aafa cbcb ggcg geXeXdada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0101 100101001001 100111 10010101011101 1111 11010101001 110101 1010011011110111 1001 100101100101 1100101 11010011010101 0101 1011111111 100101 101011011001 0111 101011011111 0111011 110100101100101 1111 1010100101 1111001 1100011010101 1011 1011101101 1101011 011011111001001 1101 101001111001 101111001 111101101001001001 1001 1011001011001 111001101 1101100111111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.

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