This is an analysis of the poem Children Song that begins with:
Why is that quinsy’s mouth red like fire?
Isn’t it because it’s chewing betel?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaaXaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011011110 100101010 1010110110 1011111110 1010001010 1000110110 0110101011 1010110010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase welcome connects the lines.
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- summary of Children Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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