This is an analysis of the poem To O.E.A. that begins with:

Your voice is the color of a robin's breast,
And there's a sweet sob in it like rain--still rain in the night....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaabbXXXccdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11001000101 11011001111001 0101001011001 0111111110101 101101011011001 001011111 101110111011 10111101110110100100 01011100101 111110011000 11001001011101011 11001110011011011 111111110010111001 110111010110101001 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 904
  • Average number of words per stanza: 167
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of To O.E.A.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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