This is an analysis of the poem Because The Pleasure-Bird Whistles that begins with:

Because the pleasure-bird whistles after the hot wires,
Shall the blind horse sing sweeter?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdaacdeafghgfdaaeiiXhe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010110100110 1011110 01011111010 01011001 001111101001001 110101100101 11000101101001110 10011100111 10010011010101 0011101 1101011101 10110111 0111110100110 110111011011 10001010 1111011101 11011111 10011000100101100 1011001 01101101 1100010010 00111101010 1011001000 11111101 1001101010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 213
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Because The Pleasure-Bird Whistles;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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