This is an analysis of the poem The Spirit Of The Unborn Babe that begins with:

The Spirit of the Unborn Babe peered through the window-pane,
Peered through the window-pane that glowed like beacon in the night;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdededfaXa ghghfiXiiiiidaXa aeaXahaheieiafaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01000111110101 11010111110001 11011100110111 11010111010011 010100010111111 01010101010101 01100101110101 11010110111011 11010101110101 01010111110101 11010101010001 11001101010111101 101011100110101 11110101110001 111101111101011 01000111110101 010001111100001 11000111110001 11010101010101 01010101110001 010111010111001 11010111010101 01010101110100 11010111010101 10111010111011111 10010111111111 100111111111010 11101101111101 11010101111111 11010111010101 011111011101011 01000111110101 01000111110111 01010101011001 01010101011101 01010101110111000 11010111010111 11010101110101 01111101010011 01111100110111 11011101110101 11010110111100 11110101111001 11011101010101 11001111111111 11110100110111 101101011101001 10010101110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 989
  • Average number of words per stanza: 184
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, she, to, we, it, what are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, she, a, what, it, and, for are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of The Spirit Of The Unborn Babe;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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