This is an analysis of the poem To A Child Of Fancy that begins with:

THE nests are in the hedgerows,
The lambs are on the grass ;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaba cdXded cfdfcf gghggg hgighX eigifi gfifXfXcahaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100100 011101 0101110 1101001 1101010 110101 1101110 100101 1101010 110101 1101010 110101 0111010 0100111 0101010 0100101 0101010 010101 1111010 1110101 11111010 010101 10101010 1010011 1101010 1111101 1101110 010001 10101010 1010111 0111110 110111 1001010 011101 10111111 010101 1111010 010111 1011110 110100 1101110 110101 1111010 011111 11111110 101001 0111010 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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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