This is an analysis of the poem The Little Bird that begins with:
The father sits in his lonely room,
Outside sings a little bird.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeeFFeXF ghghieiejjFFXXF hXhXibibhhFFXXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,15,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010100101 1110101 10111100111 1010101 0101001010 0100101 101010111010 1011101 0100101001 1010101101 101011 11001 0010010111 110010101 1111011001 0101101001 11100101 101100101 1101001 1001010010 1100111 1101010010 110101 101101111 11001001001 101011 11001 110101101 0110101110 1111011001 110110101 1011111 11100111101 00100110 100101110 0001001 101101011010 100111 110101101 110101101 101011 11001 1011111 1100111101 10101011001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 570
- Average number of words per stanza: 103
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word who is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word things at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Little Bird;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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