This is an analysis of the poem The Bluebird that begins with:

I saw a pretty bluebird, yesterday,
Rocking itself upon a budding spray- ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabc ccdecfegX dchicdbejafcgjfdckcXehXkheakadd kXkfehfXcahccdicb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,31,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011101 1001010101 0101010101 1101001101 00010010111 01001101101 1101010101 0101001101 01010100010 0101010101 0111010111 01101000101 10111 10101 0101010101 0111010101 0001010111 0101000111 0101110111 0111000011 1101110111 1111010101 0101111010 0100010101 1101000100 1111110101 1001000111 0101000101 1101110001 1011010001 1011010001 101101001001 0111000110 0111010101 00010010101 1101010101 0111010101 01010000111 0101010101 1100111101 1110110111 0101001111 11010011101 1110110101 1101010101 0100010100 1001010101 0111011001 1011000101 11010001001 1101111101 1110011100 01010101001 1101010101 1101010111 10011110101 10010010101 1001010101 01001100101 0111000101 011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 621
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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