This is an analysis of the poem Valentine's Day that begins with:
Oh! I wish I were a tiny browny bird from out the south,
Settled among the alder-holts, and twittering by the stream;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111100101010101 100101011100101 111110111111101 111101010101001 111010101011101 101011101010101 101111111111111 011011101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; tiny, i, and, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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