This is an analysis of the poem On An Infant Which Died Before Baptism that begins with:
'Be, rather than be call'd, a child of God,'
Death whisper'd!--with assenting nod,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme:
- Stanza lengths (in strings):
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- Guessed form:
- Metre:
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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