This is an analysis of the poem The Blue-bird that begins with:

WHEN winter's cold tempests and snows are no more,
Green meadows and brown-furrowed fields reappearing,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabbbbc bdbdadad efeXfdfd cgcgXgXg XXahgXghXgcgceded
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011111 11111101100 01001011001 111010011010 11011011101 111010111110 111011010001 110010010010 11101101001 111011110010 0111101010001 1100110110010 11011011101 111011111110 01101001111 111110110010 11101011011 0110011010110 11101001010 110010110110 110110011010 010111110110 01101001011 111110010010 01001111001 110010110011 010001001101 111010011011 011001101101 110011110010 01001111011 111010010011 110110010110 110110110110 11001011101 110010011010 01101011001 110111010011 11101001001 110010011010 11101001101 011011011010 111010110001 110010110010 11011001110 011010010010 11101001111 110011011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 432
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, your, he, his, to, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, then, and, or are repeated.

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  • summary of The Blue-bird;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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