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

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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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