This is an analysis of the poem A Child’s Treasures that begins with:

Thou art home at last, my darling one,
Flushed and tired with thy play,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ededdfdf ededfafa ghghbibi ahahjaja
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111111101 1110011 010101101 1101101 111110111 1110111 111010111 0101101 010100101 0101111 110100101 0101001 110100111 1111101 101110111 010111 111111101 1101101 110100101 111101 110100100 110111 11011101 110111 110101011 1101111 110101101 110101 101101111 0110111 101100101 1010001 111100101 111111 011101111 01011001 101010101 1111110 011110101 1111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Child’s Treasures;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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