This is an analysis of the poem To Jim that begins with:

I gaze upon my son once more,
With eyes and heart that tire,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefcgcg ededgege cfcffhfh fcfccece Xchcdici cjXjkckc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 0111110 11001101 0111010 01011101 110111 11010101 110101 01111101 111101 11110101 110111 010010101 110111 11110101 110001 10110101 101101 11111111 011101 11111101 111111 10010111 1100011 11010111 100101 01110101 010111 01110101 011111 11010101 111101 11110101 110111 11010100 110101 11010001 110101 11011101 011101 11010100 111111 11110101 110111 11011111 010011 01111101 101111 01001110 110111 01001000 110111 10010111 1110101 11110111 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • 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; and, ll, i, your are repeated.

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

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  • summary of To Jim;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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