This is an analysis of the poem Baby's Way that begins with:

If baby only wanted to, he could fly up to heaven this moment.
It is not for nothing that he does not leave us....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccdXXeacXfghgdeXafabfffh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101001111010010 001110111111 1101011101011010 101100 10111001111111 101110 0011101110101 011110011010 101101111100 1010101111111010 1001 0011101101001 0110101000100100 1011111110101 10111010010010010 101 011110111010 111101110101010 100011001011100001 110011 1010110111001001 1 0011101110011 100100111110 1010110101101010 1010101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1297
  • Average number of words per stanza: 249
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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