This is an analysis of the poem Fluttered Wings that begins with:

The splendour of the kindling day,
The splendor of the setting sun, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababa cdcdX efefe ghghg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01000101 01000101 11110101 111 0111110111 01010001 01011101 111100111 0101 0101111011 01000101 010011101 11110101 011 11001100101 11011011 11011101 11011111 111 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d, to, so, fain are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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