This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Of Motherhood Viii that begins with:

Make me the melody of meeting palms,
The roundelay of little running feet....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddcdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101000101 0100010101 11010001001 0011010101 1101000101 0101010111 1101000111 1011010001 1001110011 1111001101 0101010111 01001001001 1111000111 1011101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 571
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; of, and are repeated.

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