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

Early in spring time, on raw and windy mornings,
Beneath the freezing house-eaves I heard the starlings sing-... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcX abcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000111111010 0101011110101 1101100101110100 11011010110 100101111010 0101011110101 1111111111010100 110110101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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