This is an analysis of the poem The Lamb that begins with:

Little Lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAbbccddAA AAeebbeeAA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 111111 1111111 10111001 1110001 1010101 1110101 1010101 101111 111111 101111 101111 101111 1110101 1011101 1010101 1011101 111101 101111 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thee, little, lamb, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words little, he are repeated.

    The author used the same word little at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word thee at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Lamb;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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