This is an analysis of the poem The Little Brothers, that begins with:
WILLIAM CHILDS BREWER, died Jan. 24th, 1862, aged 7 years, and GEORGE
CLEVELAND BREWER, aged 5 years, at Springfield, Mass., Feb. 4th,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXX Xaba XcXc Xdbd efgf Xgeg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110111111011 1010110111110101 1 01010101 1101010 11011101 1100010 11010101 010101 11110101 010001 10011111 111101 00110001 110101 11110111 1111001 01010111 010001 110100101 11001110 11111001 0101010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Little Brothers,;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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