This is an analysis of the poem Baby Sitter that begins with:

From torrid heat to frigid cold
I've rovered land and sea;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababab cXcaca Xdeded bXbXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 1100111 11010111 111111 11110011 011111 11110101 010100 10010001 110011 10110011 111000 11110101 111001 10110111 010101 110101001 110111 1010101111 10101010 01011111 111101 11010100 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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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  • summary of Baby Sitter;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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