This is an analysis of the poem Child And Father that begins with:

A LITTLE child, one night, awoke and cried,
'Oh, help me, father! there is something wild... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXXXXabcbcbdbdefef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101110111 1111010101 01111100001 1101111111 11111011111 0111110011 1111111100 1101010100 1100111111 1101110101 0111010111 0101010101 1101011001 0110110100 1011101101 1001011100 1110010001 0101110101 1101111101 1101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 883
  • Average number of words per stanza: 165
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; me, and are repeated.

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

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