This is an analysis of the poem To My Daughter that begins with:

My child! thou seest me content to lead
A lonely life. Do thou, in imitation,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef bfbf fdfd dbdb cbcb egeg cccc agaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111111001 01011101010 1101010101 01010 1100100001 1101010101 1101010011 1111 1111010101 0111010001 1101011111 0111 1011011101 0100111101 1111011101 1111 1101111101 0101111101 0111010101 0101 1000110101 0101001001 1101011111 1101 0111011101 1101011101 1101001101 1111 11110010101 11010101001 1100010111 0101 11011110111 1101111101 1111000101 1101 1101101111 0111011101 0101011111 0110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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