This is an analysis of the poem The Mother Of Three that begins with:

Oh, to have a little farm,
A little hearth so warm and bright,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eeee cfcf ghgh ieieXabab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1010101 01011111 111011101 000101 01010111 11110101 101010111 111011 01011101 11110101 101011101 101111 11010111 11110111 100101011 110111 01110101 01011101 11010111 0101011 11011111 01011111 10111111 111001 101010101 10010111 101011101 100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; little, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same words a, and 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 The Mother Of Three;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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