This is an analysis of the poem The Thrush In February that begins with:
I know him, February's thrush,
And loud at eve he valentines... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab bbbb Xcdc efef ghgh ibib cjXj klkl cmcm bjlj mjmj jcjc clcX cjcj nbnb khkh khXh jbjb oeoe pcpc kbkb qjqj mlml epep cccX lhlh cncn lrlr jjjj bjbX jljl ljlj ljlj csXs kpkX rmrm eheh blbl ibibXsdsm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110101 11111101 11110101 11010111 11010101 11011111 01000101 11110101 11010101 11010111 11011100 11010001 01011111 01011101 01110001 11000101 11011101 01010101 11110101 100100101 11110101 11011101 11110101 01010111 01011101 01101101 110101100 01010101 01010101 01010100 01000101 1101011 011100111 10011111 11010101 011100101 11011001 11010101 11110101 01110111 01011111 11010101 01011001 01000101 11110101 01100101 11110101 01010101 01000101 010101011 11110111 11010100 01111101 01110111 11110001 11010101 11111101 01000101 11010111 11001101 11010111 11010111 01110101 11010101 11000111 01010101 11110100 01000101 01111101 11111101 11010001 01010101 11111101 11011101 10010001 01010101 01010001 11111111 01010101 11110101 01000101 01010111 01011101 0100101001 01010111 010101001 01010101 11010001 11110101 0110101001 11111101 11010100 11000101 11010101 110000101 11010011 11111101 01010111 01000101 110101100 11010101 01010011 11010101 01010101 11011101 01010111 01110101 01011101 11010111 11111101 11010101 01011101 01111101 11010011 11011101 110010111 11010101 01011111 110101011 01010111 01011111 01000101 01011101 11010101 11010101 11110101 11110101 011101001 01010101 01010101 01011101 01011011 11110111 11110101 01010100 11100111 01010001 01011101 11010111 01010101 01110101 11110101 010101001 010010101 11010110 01011101 01011001 11010101 11010111 01001101 01000101 01010101 11111111 01010101 11111101 100110010 10010101 1000101010 11000101 010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 40
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 160
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to, of, she, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, to, it, she are repeated.
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- summary of The Thrush In February;
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