This is an analysis of the poem To Lydia Maria Child that begins with:
ON READING HER POEM IN 'THE STANDARD.'
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X Xaba Xcdc Xbab efXf XbaX eaga adcd ecXc gXgX eheh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1100100110 0101101010 11010101 01000110010 110101001 110101111 010100011 010101010 01000111 111110001 11010101 101101010 10111001 111111110 011111001 101101000 11010101 1100111110 01011101 1011011110 01010100 110100010 11000101 111111010 11111111 110101110 01001101 001101010 00111101 111101010 01101111 101101110 11111101 111111010 1111110110 111111011 10110111 110101110 11110101 1011010110 010100001
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word will is repeated.
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- summary of To Lydia Maria Child;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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