This is an analysis of the poem The Eagle that begins with:
Say never the strong heart
In the consuming breath...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cXcX daXa aefe faXa XgcgXadad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110011 000101 111001 0101 110101 0100110 11001 0101010 111110 00101 0101011 1101 110001 10101 010101 101101 011010 10011 10110 110001 1101110 1001101 100111 110001 11111 1101001 10011 11001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Eagle;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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