This is an analysis of the poem The Young Mother's Vision that begins with:

I saw a fair young mother sitting,
With a babe upon her knee;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac adad Xbab aeae bfbf gbgb adad aeae ahah aiai bjbj bbbb akak bebX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111010 0010101 111111010 1000101 010101010 1110101 110101010 1110101 10101110 1011111 11101010 1011001 1010101 0010111 01110010 1110101 11111010 1101101 11101110 1110101 11111011 1010111 10101011 1011101 11111010 1110111 11101010 0011111 11111010 0010101 10111010 1011101 11111010 1010101 10101110 1110101 101111110 0010111 110111110 11111101 110111110 1010111 110111010 1110101 110110011 1110101 110001011 10000101 100101011 1101101 110101011 1000111 111111010 01011001 010101010 1011101 110111011 0011101 110101101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and, thee are repeated.

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