This is an analysis of the poem As Children Know that begins with:
Elm branches radiate green heat,
blackbirds stiffly strut across fields....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbacddXebbcfXgebaXggbeccecXfage
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010011 10101011 011111111 101101101 10011011011 11101110 11010011011 1000101101111 10101010111 101101011001 1011010011 11011101001 011111 0111010100 10101110 1001010101 11010001 111 1001 0011 10101 101 111010 0101 100001011 011 0111001010010 11001 10110111111 10111010 010011010 111011101 1111010011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1344
- Average number of words per stanza: 188
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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; my, i, what are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, let are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of As Children Know;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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