This is an analysis of the poem 'The Yellow Tailed Thornbill' that begins with:

I'm a fussy little fellow
In my kilt of glowing yellow;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbXb ddeffeXe ffgffgXg aahiihXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101010 01101010 10101011111 100100111 00111111 00101011101 11 11101111101 10001010 101010010 10101010011 10111010 10011010 10110010101 11 1010111001 10111110 11000010 10101110101 100010010 00111010 10101011101 11 1010110001 01101010 00101010 11101011101 11101110 11101110 01100010101 11 11110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; my is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

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