This is an analysis of the poem Improvisation that begins with:

I fed out of my hand a flock of keys
To clapping of wings and shrill cries in flight. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacXc XbabXbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110110101 0100111101 111111111 11111101001 0110110101 11011011001 11101101011 11001011111 0110101101 01001001011 0111011001 11111101111 1101001001 10100101011 01111010100 1100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 373
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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