This is an analysis of the poem A Child’s Song that begins with:

WHEN the Child played in Galilee,
He had no wine-clear maple leaves, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabb cbcbbb dededd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101 11111101 11110001 100101 10110111 11 10110100 11010101 01010011 110100101 10110001 1101 10110101 10010111 10110111 110111 111101010 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Child’s Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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