This is an analysis of the poem Children that begins with:
And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, 'Speak to us of Children.'
And he said: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X X X a a b b c c a X X X X X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101101010101101010 111 11011110 11011100110101 11111101 1111011101101 1110111111 111111 1111101111 11110010011111010110011 111001011101011 1111101100101 11010111011010111 0101010101001001111001101011111 1110001010110 1101110101111110011010
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 60
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, children, you, they, not, their, that, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, they are repeated.
The author used the same words and, they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you, thoughts are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words you, thoughts at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of Children;
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