This is an analysis of the poem On A Baby Buried By The Hawkesbury that begins with:

A grace that was lent for a very few hours,
By the bountiful Spirit above us;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ededddXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111010110 1010010011 1110100010010 111111011 01001011001 010010110 001011001001 110111010 101001101001 1010011010 101001101001 110111010 01001111000 010110010 11101001001 1010010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 334
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word river at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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