This is an analysis of the poem That Is 'My' Child that begins with:
You think...
Just because you've got a job, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXX bcdecXd fGfHHE bfGhHHE gXX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,6,7,3,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 1011101 1110111 101010001 11 01010010 01 11101 110101 11010101 111010 01111101 10001010 0010111101 11110110 11011011 1110110 11111111 10101 1111 1111 10110 11011011 110111111 11111111 10101 1111 101 1011 111101001 1111110 111111001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 32
- 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:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to, i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word please at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of That Is 'My' Child;
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