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The Christening by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton: poem analysis

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This is an analysis of The Christening by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton.

(Of my Brother's infant Son, February 21, 1839.)
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  • Stanzas: 16
  • Lines: 106

Repeated words/phrases

of, her, as, some, and, what

Anaphora

the, her, some, and, still

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