This is an analysis of the poem Another Grace For A Child that begins with:

Here a little child I stand
Heaving up my either hand;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111 1011101 1110110 1110101 1010001 111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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