This is an analysis of the poem To A Young Mother On The Birth Of Her First Born Child that begins with:

Young mother! proudly throbs thine heart, and well may it rejoice,
Well may’st thou raise to Heaven above in grateful prayer thy voice:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd ddee ffgg hhii jjgg kkii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11010111111001 111101001010111 01100111010101 11001101110101 11011101010011 11010101011101 01110111110101 11110101011101 11010101110001 010101011100111 01110101110111 01011101110101 11110101011101 10011001011101 11010101011111 01110111111101 11111101110111 11011101110111 01111001110111 11011101010101 10111101110101 11110011011101 10110101111101 11110101110111 110101110010101 011001010010111 11000101011011 11101101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; of, and, as, s, to, thy, so, it, him are repeated.

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