This is an analysis of the poem The Child And The Hind that begins with:

Come, maids and matrons, to caress
Wiesbaden's gentle hind;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dbdb eded fgfg eheh fhfh bibi jbjb bkbk lglg fgfg fgfg mcmc bgbg lele Xdgd lele fdfd nanaXbgbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110001 100101 11010101 0101001 110110101 110101 10010101 011101 11011101 100101 101110101 010101 11110100 0100010 11001101 0100010 11110111 0101010 11111111 0100010 111101101 0101110 11001101 1101010 01010101 1001110 11011101 0100010 11110111 0100010 11110111 1111110 11000101 110101 11110001 110101 101110101 110101 11110101 110111 01111101 110111 11011111 110001 1000110101 011111 111010100 011001 01110111 1100101 11010101 011101 11111111 0100111 11000111 010101 01010101 100101 11011111 010001 11001100 110011 11010101 010101 011101010 111101 010010010 110111 11011111 011111 11110101 110101 11010111 110001 1100101 1010101 001100001 110001 11110101 100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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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  • summary of The Child And The Hind;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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