This is an analysis of the poem A Parental Ode To My Son, Aged 3 Years And 5 Months that begins with:
Thou happy, happy elf!
(But stop,—first let me kiss away that tear—)... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccdd eXbbXbfefe ghXhijij kkccllccddaa mmddeedeedXjjggbblll
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,8,12,20,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110101 1111110111 11010011 1111010001 110101 010101 01110110011 01001010001 110101 0101110010 1101011101 0101110101 1100110 1111010001 110111 0111111101 1100110101 1111 110101 1100111111 010111 1101101101 1101001010 01001000111 100101001010 0101010101 110111 1101001101 0111010101 101111 110101 1111100101 110001001 111101 10010001 1101010101 1001010101 1101 1100010 11110111010 1111 1101 10111001 1111011111 0101010101 1001011101 0100111 1101010111 1101001 1011011111 1011010101 1101110011 1101110101 1111011101 1101110101 111111 1101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 352
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 57
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; as is repeated.
The author used the same word thou at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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