This is an analysis of the poem Holy Baptism that begins with:
Where is it mothers learn their love? -
In every Church a fountain springs... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cccc dede bfff gege chch ijij dhdh hehe kfkf hlhlXeaea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10010111 0100101001 10110101 101101 11001101 01011101 111111 100111 01110111 01110101 110101 110101 11011101 11010101 110101 010001 11110101 010100101 101101 100101 11010101 10110101 011101 010101 110011111 10111101 010101 011101 01100101 11011101 0100101 010101 11110101 0100111001 001101 011101 11111101 01110111 111001 101101 110111010 10011111 10110110 111111 11111111 11010101 1111001 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Holy Baptism;
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