This is an analysis of the poem Genius Child that begins with:
This is a song for the genius child.
Sing it softly, for the song is wild. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXa X BaBcXc XXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,6,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 000110101 101010101 101011011 1011101 1000101010 111110 111 111110 111 111010 01001 1000101010 1010110111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 75
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; song is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words sing, i are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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- summary of Genius Child;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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