This is an analysis of the poem Migratory Birds that begins with:
I have listened for the beat
Of slow wings across the sea....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacdXdXeaeafgfg fefegagahbhc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 0110101 0111101 0110100 1010101 1010111 0010101 00101 1011101 1110101 1010101 0011101 0110111 10111001 1011101 1011100 0011101 10011101 1101101 0010101 11110101 111100001 11111101 1100101 0110101 11110100 11010101 1111010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 435
- Average number of words per stanza: 81
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; in, there, no, 's are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word there is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Migratory Birds;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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