This is an analysis of the poem Children's Reply that begins with:
We are little children,
That go to Sabbath school,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXb CdCd e Abeb eefX eXXc eded fgeg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010 110101 0101100 110101 10111110 011101 10111110 110101 10 111010 110101 1101010 110101 101110 011101 110010 1010101 1111111 110110 1101010 0110100 101111 111101 1101010 001101 1101010 111111 1001010 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, we, our are repeated.
The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Children's Reply;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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