This is an analysis of the poem The Wren that begins with:
Early each spring the little wren
Came scolding to his nest of moss;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbcc adddXc aeXeaa cfgfhX gdidii hhXhhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 101010101 11000101 11110101 11111101 01010111 01011111 11010101 111100111 110101011 01111111 01010100 11011111 11011101 11010101 10010101 11011101 11010101 11111101 11010111 11010101 101111010 11011011 11110111 11010100 110111010 11011101 110100111 01011101 11010101 01001100 11010101 01010101 101110101 11010101 01011110 100100101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Wren;
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- idea of the verse;
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- critical appreciation.
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