This is an analysis of the poem The Street-Children's Dance that begins with:

NOW the earth in fields and hills
Stirs with pulses of the Spring,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXcc daadee faafgg hgghii bffbee ajjacX kcckll ammXff kddnhh aggajj googaa abbabb kggkgX paapjj loflcc oaaoaa bccbcc oggoXaXjddnkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111 10100001 11000101 0010001 1110101 1011101 11101001 0010101 0010111 1010101 1110101 1010111 1011111 11101001 10100101 1001101 1110111 11101001 1011111 10100111 1110111 10011101 1010101 1000101 10101001 1010111 1111101 1110101 1010101 1110001 1110111 1011111 100101001 1010101 0010001 10101100 101110010 11111011 1011111 00111110 1011011 1001101 1110101 1011101 0110101 1110100 1010101 1000101 1011100 1010011 10101001 11100101 1011011 1011111 101000010 0110101 1100101 10100110 1001111 1011111 10100101 10101010 10101110 1001101 01101110 10011010 10011110 11100010 101110010 00101110 00100001 0010100 1000100 1110001 1011001 01100100 0110101 10101100 11100011 0011001 1110111 100101011 1110111 1010001 1111101 11101110 1010101 1011101 10010111 1010101 10101010 110110010 01101110 11101010 0010011 101001001 10101010 00100010 10101010 01101010 1111111 1111101 10101110 1010101 1000101 10001010 1010101 1011101 1110101 1010101 1000101 0010101 10111110 10101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 114
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words can, children, of are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase woe connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Street-Children's Dance;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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