This is an analysis of the poem The Lark Confinèd In His Cage that begins with:

The lark confinèd in his cage,
And captive in his wing,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dede XfXf ghgh idid hjhj dhdh dddX fkXk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0110001 110001 110000101 100101 11011111 010101 11110101 1101001 11010111 101111 10110111 1100101 11110011 110111 11000100 101111 11011101 110101 11111101 010111 111101001 010101 11000101 110101 11010101 010111 01011101 000101 110100111 110001 11101101 110101 111101001 1100001 110010101 10100 11111011 111011 110111011 1011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase home connects the lines.

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