This is an analysis of the poem The Sky-Lark’s Song that begins with:

WINGED voice to tell the skies of earth,
Dear earth-born lark, sing on, sing clear,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXaX cddece fgghfh bccibi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 11111111 100101111 11111111 11000101 11100110 10110111 100101101 11011100 11111100 11011101 11111100 10011111 10111111 101101110 01100111 11110101 11011111 10011111 111100010 10010101 111111001 10111101 111101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; sing is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words sing, saying are repeated.

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