This is an analysis of the poem The Drowned Children that begins with:

You see, they have no judgment.
So it is natural that they should drown, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcXac XXbdXXc eedaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 1001001111 1011000 11110111 10010111 01111110 101100010111 1111001010 1100010 1111110 111011 010101 0011110010 110 11110111 11101001 111101 11111 001011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; them is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of The Drowned Children;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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