This is an analysis of the poem The Phoenix that begins with:
Staring in zoos at the dull-eyed and wild
Who never meet their gaze,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXXabXbXXX c bXXXddXd c Xbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,1,8,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001101111 110111 01010001010 1110001010 0100110 0101010111 101011100 01100 00110101110 100111 00110001000 111101 011101 10111101 01 1 10111001 010101 1011011101 011100 10111 111101 110000 1101010111 010101 0101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Phoenix;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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