This is an analysis of the poem To A Beautiful Child On Her Birthday With A Wreath Of Flowers that begins with:

Whilst others give thee wond’rous toys,
Or jewels rich and rare,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dcXc Xbeb Xefe fgeg acac Xfhf fiii ffeX aheh cdfdXafef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 110111 111101111 111111 11011101 100101 110010101 011101 11010101 111101 11101111 011101 10011111 010101 10110101 011111 01110101 010101 01001111 110011 01010101 111101 10010111 00101001 11001100 0100101 01010111 100011 11111101 110100 01010101 110101 11010101 111111 010101111 010100 11110101 101111 11000111 110101 10011101 010111 100100101 010111 11110101 011101 11001101 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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 To A Beautiful Child On Her Birthday With A Wreath Of Flowers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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