This is an analysis of the poem Suggested By The Cover Of A Volume Of Keats's Poems that begins with:

Wild little bird, who chose thee for a sign
To put upon the cover of this book? ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcXd efgecXdhc eidfg efbahhXid
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,5,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101111101 0101010001 1111000101 01110001001 1011000101 1101010111 1101011101 1110110101 1101010100 1101010101 01111100101 1101010101 1011111111 0101010010 1011010001 1111111101 1101100101 1101111101 0011010111 0101000100 1011110110 1101100101 1111010101 1001010101 10111101010 1101010111 11010011111 0101111111 010100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 326
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, for, thee, this are repeated.

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  • summary of Suggested By The Cover Of A Volume Of Keats's Poems;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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