This is an analysis of the poem Why Do You Let Your Loving Baby Cry? that begins with:
Don't let your loving baby cry,
Or tears stain on their cheeks....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABACdAcXe AEADAFDDD AEADAFDDD ADADFD AaA AaA AaAaXABACdAaAa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,6,3,3,14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 111111 111110101 1100101 1 1110101 10100101 11011010 10101010111 1111101 11100101 1111101 100011101 1111101 01011100 1111 01001100111 01001100111 1111101 11100101 1111101 100011101 1111101 01011100 1111 01001100111 01001100111 1111110101 01001100111 1111110101 01001100111 01011100 1111 1111110101 1 111 1111110101 1 111 1111110101 1 111 1 11110101 111111 111110101 1100101 1 1110101 1 111 1
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; you, to, them, loving, why, cry are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word why is repeated.
The author used the same words don't, why at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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