This is an analysis of the poem The Mother that begins with:
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IT was April, blossoming spring,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bb cc dd ee Ff Ff ee gg gg gg ee dd gg X gg ff ee bb dd ee dd ff dd hh ff fX cc ii ff ii cc bb jj iX ee jj jj jj aa kk jjXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1 011010001 110110101 1010101 111100111 100111001 1101101011 100111011 1101101011 1101101101 111101111 1101101101 1110100111 1100101011 111101111 110111101 010010111 011100111 011100111 010110101 10101010111 101001011 110110111 110101011 110010111 111101111 110010101 1 010111011 111100101 11001001011 11011001011 110111110101 1100101111 111011101 111010010001 10111101011 111100111 11011101101 111101111 11101001111 0010100101 111110101 11011111011 111111011 11111101 111110111 1010110101 111010111101 110111001 110101101 010100111 110101101 111110101 1100111101 1110111001 1110110101 11011001011 1111111001 110100111 1101001001 10101001001 10100110101 1100110101 110110111 0011100111 110111011 11001110010 1101101101 111101111 1111011001 10101101 100101101 11111011011 11011001001 111101101 1111001001 11101111001 11101011111 1111001101 11110110010 11111010010 001111001001 1011011011
- Amount of stanzas: 43
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, dream, that, of, my, to, its are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the, and, dead are repeated.
The author used the same words i, the, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Mother;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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