This is an analysis of the poem The Bronze-Wing Pigeon that begins with:

They say I am a shy, wild thing,
That seeks the wild bush glade.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdd eeeeaaffXbfbfddff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 110111 10011101 110101 11111111 01010101 11010101 11110001 01110101 110111 11111101 110111 01010101 11110101 10011111 01011101 11111001 110101 10111101 101111 11010001 01110111 10010101 01111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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