This is an analysis of the poem To An Infant that begins with:
Ah cease thy tears and sobs, my little life!
I did but snatch away the unclasped knife:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeXffeebb ggcc hheebX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111111101 10110101001 1101010111 1011010101 1101010101 1011110101 01010111010 01110111010 0100010111 1101010110 1011111101 1101001101 1011010111 1101011011 1101011111 0111110111 0101011101 1101011101 1101000101 11110101100101 1111000101 0101001101 1101110111 11110010001 1111111101 1101111100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 381
- Average number of words per stanza: 68
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy is repeated.
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- summary of To An Infant;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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