This is an analysis of the poem Childhood that begins with:
I cannot reach it; and my striving eye
Dazzles at it, as at eternity.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbccdd bbeeffddeegghhiigg ggaa ddee aaaa ddjjXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,18,4,4,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101011101 1010110100 01110001 11011101 101011010 011010110 101111110 111101010 1111 01110111 111101101 01111111 11010101 110110111 11010111 11101001 01011111 110100111 11111101 11111111 10110111 11011111 11010001 00110001 11010111 11110111 11010101 10110101 10011101 11010101 11010111 11010101 11011111 11110111 11010011 11111111 11011001 10111101 11110111 111101101 11011011 110111001 11110111 11100101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; should, and, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words why, where are repeated.
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- summary of Childhood;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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