This is an analysis of the poem Picture Of Childhood that begins with:

Elbowing our way, we run.
Someone is being beaten up in the market....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcde fdXggd XaXdbhee XXiXaif iiajah XeXaXX akcjkea Xf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,8,7,6,6,7,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 110101010010 111010 1111100011 101100111 101001110 1111011011010 1111010111 111011100 11111011001 001100010001 011101001 100110011010 1010 10011001101000 101 101111100010 11100110101010 10011 110101 011100010 11100101 01100100110 011101 01101111010110 111010111010 0000111110001 111101000010010 1111001010 11110010 1010110 11001001111 100111010 110010110011 101001100 1100111111011 101010000011010 111000111100101 11101001 11010110101001 1011 011001001101 11101111 100101101101 1000101001001 1010111011 1 010110100010101010110010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; our, in, with are repeated.

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

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