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

His fingers trembled on his pick,
And some one said, ' What's wrong with Mick?' ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X X b ccc b aaX X aaa X ccX accXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 111111101 0101101011 1101 01000101 11010101 11010101 1111 01010001 110011111 1111101011 1101 111111111 111101011 11110101 01111 11110101 1101010101 1111111110111 10101 11011101 11010111 11111011111001 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 67
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Mick's Baby;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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