This is an analysis of the poem A Life-Lesson that begins with:
There! little girl; don't cry!
They have broken your doll, I know; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbbbBaA AbccBaAXAbccBaA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 11101111 11111 11111 1100101 110100111 110111 110111 11101111 10111 01101 1100101 11110111 110111 110111 11101111 10111 01101 1100101 110111111 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 21
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, there are repeated.
The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines cry is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word cry at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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