This is an analysis of the poem 'The Wonga Pigeon' that begins with:
Men knew and loved my calling in old days
Days ere a bitter wisdom taught me fear.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdccd eXeXfgffg hehefiffi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111110011 1101010111 1011011111 11001100101 10111101001 1111110101 1011111101 1101110101 111101 1101111111 1111110010 1101011001 1111010111 0100110101 0101010101 1100110101 1101110011 110101 11011110001 1101010101 1111010101 1111010111 1001110111 110110001 0111000111 1101000101 01101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 366
- Average number of words per stanza: 68
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; by is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, i are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase days connects the lines.
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- summary of 'The Wonga Pigeon';
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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