This is an analysis of the poem Birdsong that begins with:
I am eagle; don't be fooled by red silk
heels that sound so much like clanking clay ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbbXbXbbbb XbXcdbcXaXdcdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101111 111111101 1111111111 01111111 010101 11111111 11010111 0101010101 0101010101 11111100 1101011 000101 01110111 11011111 01111101 01110111 010111011001 111111001 001101111 1010101110 100111111 01111111110 1111011111 101111111 110101110111 111110111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 518
- Average number of words per stanza: 98
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, i are repeated.
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- summary of Birdsong;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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