This is an analysis of the poem To My Name-Child that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabb ccdd eeee X ddee ffdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,1,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1 111010100110101 1010100010101 1110101111101 1010101010101 001110101011111 1010100010101 1110101011101 1010101010101 111110101010101 1010101010011 1010100110101 1110101111101 1 111111101011111 1011111010101 10101010001010101 101001010101 101001101011101 1111101111101 111110111010101 1110101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, in are repeated.

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

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