This is an analysis of the poem A Little Bird that begins with:
In alien lands I keep the body
Of ancient native rites and things:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX Xcbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0100111010 01010111 110101010 110100001 01111010 11000101 110100010 11010001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of A Little Bird;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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