This is an analysis of the poem Baby's Age that begins with:

She came with April blooms and showers;
We count her little life by flowers.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeddeeffaagg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101110 110101110 11010101 1101011001 01010011 11011101 11011101 01011100 11010101 010010111 01010101 01010101 11011101 11001101 111101001 01010101 11111111 01010101 11011101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 693
  • Average number of words per stanza: 135
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Baby's Age;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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