This is an analysis of the poem The Children In The Wood that begins with:

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NOW ponder well, you parents dear, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbccccc Xadadceee Xaeaefbgb Xfeaeaghf afbibeada ahfgXbajk XkeiXfiXi XlbjbfdbX Xfmmmjaja mneneiefe ajeeekaaa Xececcogo XXpcpebeb XeagaffeX Xefffjece Xmpepbjkj Xeimieeee Xiackeccc Xeiaiheie XelmlnckX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11011101 111111 01010111 011101 01000001 010101 10010101 110001 1 11111101 110111 01111101 111011 11011111 110101 01110111 111101 1 01011101 110101 010011111 110101 01010101 110001 11001111 110101 1 10010101 110101 00111101 111001 100101001 110111 11010111 110001 1 11010101 101101 00101111 111111 01111101 110101 11010111 010101 1 110101101 110101 11100100 1111110 01101101 110111 11011111 011100 1 10110100 110101 10110111 101110 01111101 111101 11111101 010101 1 11011101 001101 01001101 110111 11010111 111111 01111101 1111010 1 01010111 010111 11011001 110011 11111101 0100101 11111001 010101 1 11001101 1001001 11111101 110001 11011101 110101 00110101 011101 1 01111101 010111 01000101 111111 11110100 111101 01111100 111101 1 11010111 110101 11110101 110101 11001101 010101 0101111 111101 1 010101100 111101 01010101 010101 11110101 010101 01110001 010111 1 11010101 110011 11010101 111011 111101101 111101 110111111 111110 1 11010101 1100111 11011101 010001 11010110 0110011 11110101 110111 1 11011100 110111 01010111 110101 11000101 010101 11010100 010001 1 11010101 011101 11010101 010111 010100101 010101 01010101 110011 1 100100100 100101 10010111 011100 11110101 1100101 11110101 010111 1 01010101 110101 110100101 11110 10010101 111001 01010101 111111 1 11010001 11001 01010100 110111 11010101 110101 11010100 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 180
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, , he, and, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, he, rejoicing, they, and, his are repeated.

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