This is an analysis of the poem The Happy Little Cripple that begins with:
I'm thist a little cripple boy, an' never goin' to grow
An' get a great big man at all!--'cause Aunty told me so.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdX eeXXaXXX ffcXaXdX gghhccdX ccccaadX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101011101001 11011111010111 111101011101001 111100010110101 110111011111001 1111111011111 110010111110101 111111111100010 01011111111111 11111101111101 010101110111001 11001101111101 11111111111111 11010111110001 11111111110101 011111011100010 11110101110111 11010111010101 1111010110111 11010101111110 11011101110111 111101111111011 11111111111111 110111011100010 1101010011101010 111101110111010 11011011110101 11011101101101 11010101111101 11010101110111 10111111010001 111111010100010 11011101110111 01101011111101 01101101011111 111111010111111 11110111110011 11111101110101 01010101111111 110101010100010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 503
- Average number of words per stanza: 100
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
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; an', i, i'm, little, you, so are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.
The author used the same word i'm at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Happy Little Cripple;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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