This is an analysis of the poem Childhood that begins with:
It would be good to give much thought, before
you try to find words for something so lost,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXa bcXb dcbc ecaedd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100011101 1101111011 1111110111 110101011 1101001101 1111101101 11100111010 001010101 1111101001 0111001110 111111010 1011001010 1011101010 11101011100 1101110101 11010111 1010011010 11100110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, to, and, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Childhood;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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