This is an analysis of the poem From The Shore that begins with:

A lone gray bird,
Dim-dipping, far-flying, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXb bbcadcXb acdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111 110110 010011110110 01101 10111 110010010110 1000101110 10001101101 1000100111 11111011011 10111001 100111001 101011001 1000100111 0101101111 0010011111 1011111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; and, out, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word out is repeated.

    The author used the same word out at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of From The Shore;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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