This is an analysis of the poem To His Saviour, A Child;A Present, By A Child that begins with:

Go, pretty child, and bear this flower
Unto thy little Saviour;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaXXbbccaaddXXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111010 1011010 11111111 10010101 11111101 01011100 11110101 11110101 10011101 01011101 11110111 10111111 11111100 10110011 10011101 01100100 11010101 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 611
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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