This is an analysis of the poem Answer To A Child's Question that begins with:
Do you ask what the birds say? The sparrow, the dove,
The linnet, and thrush say, 'I love and I love!'... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbccaaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101101001 010111111110 001011001011 101111101011 111110110110 110110111010 101011001011 01101101101 111111101011 111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 506
- Average number of words per stanza: 100
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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- summary of Answer To A Child's Question;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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