This is an analysis of the poem The Burnt Child that begins with:
Matches among other things that were not allowed
never would be...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbXcd dbcXcc eaecXec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100110110101 1010 10100111 110010111110 101111111 111010100110 101010101 1110111 11010 11010010 11101111 10 111101 01010111 0011001101 01111 1001010 1010000110 0010 1110111110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Burnt Child;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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