This is an analysis of the poem Bert Kessler that begins with:

I winged my bird,
Though he flew toward the setting sun; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabaXcdecfbfdXddaec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111 111010101 111011111 11110100101 1111101010 0100101101 1110100001 110110010 1110101101 10110100101 111111110 110111110 110010110100 010100101 010111100101 01001010010 1111101001 11101111111 110010101 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 846
  • Average number of words per stanza: 162
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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