This is an analysis of the poem The Bird And The Arras that begins with:

By neer resemblance see that Bird betray'd
Who takes the well wrought Arras for a shade... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXbcccaaaadd XXccXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101011101 1101110101 1101100101 11101000101 1101101001 1111110101 11010111001 1100011101 100101110111 1110100101 1100010101 1011010001 110101010101 01001010111 1101000101 11101110101 1101110101 1001010001 1111010101 11010010110 110101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 473
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • 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.

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