This is an analysis of the poem The Owl And The Lark that begins with:

A grizzled owl at midnight moped
Where thick the ivy glistened;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bbbb Xbab Xaba cdcd bebe abaX Xdfd gdgd abab hhhh gigi jhjX XaXa fdfd kaka kXkc jbjb eded lhlh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010111110 1101010 11111101 1101110 01110111 0111110 11110101 1100010 111101100 1111010 10110111 1101110 111101110 0111110 11011101 011110 11110101 01010010 11111110 0111110 11000101 01001010 11010101 0111010 01011011 0111110 11010101 1001000 01011111 0101110 01110111 1111110 11010101 0101010 10110101 0101010 01011001 0101010 10011001 0101110 11010111 0101010 11010101 0101010 1101001001 0111110 1010110111 1101010 11010101 01010010 11010101 1101100 11111110 0111110 11111111 0111010 110111001 1101110 01110101 00101110 11110111 1101011 111101101 1101010 110010101 0100100 11010001 1100010 10111101 1011010 111001001 1111010 11011111 1111010 01011101 0101010 11010101 0111010 11100111 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; its, now, tu, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words its, now, tu are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Owl And The Lark;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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