This is an analysis of the poem Birds, Converging that begins with:

Sun salved, we sit on the front porch, careful
when we speak, watching the crows swagger near...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcbcXdXdaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011101110 1111001101 0100110101 0111010111 1100101111 10111100111 0101011111 10101011110 0011010100 11100111101 1101110101 0110101110010 1110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 591
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of Birds, Converging;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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