This is an analysis of the poem The Death Of The Pauper Child that begins with:

Hush, mourning mother, wan and pale!
No sobs—no grieving now:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcded ffgfXfhf geaefdXd ihfhdcdc cghgdebe jbdbjibi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010111 111101 11011111 011111 11010101 111101 11111111 110011 111110101 1001001 11011111 110101 00110111 110111 10010111 110101 01010101 011111 11010101 011101 01010101 010101 11110111 1100101 11010101 010101 01011111 111011 01010101 110101 10111101 010101 11110101 111101 01011101 100101 110101001 101101 11010111 111111 110101001 100101 11100101 110101 10111101 110111 11010101 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, spared are repeated.

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