This is an analysis of the poem Come Touch Me Child that begins with:
Come touch me, child.
My withering skin comes to me fast....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcXXddXaXcAXXXbXbAXdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 110011011 01010101 111101 0110101 001111101 110101 10101 11111101 10101011 110101 1111 011011010 1011001 00111 0101101 11010110100 11111101 1111 1011110010 111 0111011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 662
- Average number of words per stanza: 124
- Amount of lines: 22
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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