This is an analysis of the poem The Yellow Robin that begins with:

I'm the friendliest of them all,
When winter comes;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababCcCX dedefffe fefefffe gbgbCcCb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100001 1101 1011111 101 1011001 1000111 1011101 0111 1010111 1101 1110111 1101 1111101 0111111 1010111 1001 11011001 1101 1110111 1111 1111101 0011101 1000111 1111 1110111 1101 1011111 0101 1011001 1000111 1011101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of The Yellow Robin;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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