This is an analysis of the poem The Kitten And Falling Leaves that begins with:

THAT way look, my Infant, lo!
What a pretty baby-show!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffgghhiijjkkllcckkdXhhccddffllhXccmmffXXiiccmmffnnffhhcchhfffkkoohXoobbbffkkddccddcXbbllaaiiiimmXkddkkcciXcccXiieehhpp
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 128,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 1010101 1010101 1000111 1011111 0010101 1011101 0010111 1011111 1010111 0010111 10010101 11101010 00101010 1010011 00100101 1010111 1010111 11111010 11111110 1110111 1111111 110000010 00101010 0010111 1110101 1011111 10001001 1110111 11100100 1110101 1010101 00101001 0010101 1010111 1110101 1010001 1010001 10100010 00101010 1010101 1111110 1110111 1011111 0010101 1010111 0011101 0111101 1010100 1111100 1010101 1011101 1011101 1010101 1110101 1000101 1010111 1010101 1010111 0110101 0110001 1111101 1011101 1100101 1111110 1000101 1110111 1010011 11100101 1010001 1011101 1010100 10010101 1011101 1010101 1110101 1010100 1011001 1110101 0110111 0110101 10101001 1010101 1010101 1010111 1010101 1010101 0010111 1011101 0010101 0011101 0010101 1110100 1010110 11000101 00010001 00101110 100010010 1001111 1011101 1010101 1010011 1010101 10110101 1011111 11010011 1111110 1101111 1111101 10111101 110111010 10101010 01110101 1111101 1111101 100011000 1110101 1010101 1110101 1000100 1111110 1110011 1010101 1110001 10011101 1010101 1011101 01001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3914
  • Average number of words per stanza: 704
  • Amount of lines: 128
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words over, with, if, that are repeated.

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