This is an analysis of the poem Untitled 4 that begins with:

Mother! Darling mother, you are seeking me I know,
And I feel thy love will follow through the world where'er I go; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcc ddeeffcc Xebbaacc ggddhhcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1010101110111 1111101010110011 111011101110101 01110100110011 11010101100101 01000100010101 11011001010101 11110101110101 01010111111000 11010101010101 11111110111111 11010111111101 11010101110101 11110110111101 11010101011101 11000101110101 01001111110110 11010101110101 11000100110011 01101001011111 10110111111111 11111100111111 11101111111111 11011111110101 1110101110101 10100101010101 11010111110100 10011100111101 01010100110111 110101001010100 11111101110111 10101100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 469
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, mother, of, that, me are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word again at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Untitled 4;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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