This is an analysis of the poem God Has Pity On Kindergarten Children that begins with:

God has pity on kindergarten children,
He pities school children -- less....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX cdeae bXccX cbXXbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101101010 1101101 110110111 10100 1011101111 00101 0101010 1001 101 10110111110 11100 110 1011001010101 011010110 1110010 0100010 11111000011 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; he is repeated.

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

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

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