This is an analysis of the poem God Gave To Me A Child In Part that begins with:

GOD gave to me a child in part,
Yet wholly gave the father's heart:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb aaXX ccbb ddbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11010101 10111101 11100011 11111111 10111111 11110100101 11010101 11111111 0101010111 110011111 1111011101 01011111 01001101 1101011111 0111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; you, no, may are repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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