This is an analysis of the poem To A Baby. that begins with:

I.
Two hands that hold the world in fee,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaBbcbabcBXdedEedXdedE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11110101 110111 11011111 1111 11010001 110100 10011101 01111100 011101 11011100 1111 1 11111111 111111 11010100 1111 11011101 111110 11000101 11011111 100101 11010001 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 671
  • Average number of words per stanza: 124
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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  • summary of To A Baby.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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