This is an analysis of the poem Mr. And Mrs.Spikky Sparrow that begins with:
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On a little piece of wood,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaaccddaaa X bbeeffggaaa X bbhXbbiiAaa X hhXdbbggaaa a jjjjggddaaX a ggkkggllaaa X XgXXjjddAaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,1,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1010101 1010101 1010111 01001111 1010101 0011101 1000101 0010101 1010101 1010101 10101 1 1010101 1010011 1010101 1010101 1110101 11111111 1110101 10111101 1010101 1010101 10101 1 1111101 1011101 1111111 10010101 1010111 1110111 1111111 11110101 1010101 1010101 10101 1 11101110 11111110 1111101 11111010 1111101 1100001 11111010 11101010 1010101 1010101 10101 1 1111101 1111101 10100010 11101111 1010101 11110101 1110111 1100101 1010101 1010101 10101 1 1110101 10010100 1111101 0010111 11101110 10101010 01010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 10101 1 1110101 1111111 11011111 110100110 11111111 1110101 111111110 111111010 1010101 1010101 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 90
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; wikky, you, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word 'and is repeated.
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- summary of Mr. And Mrs.Spikky Sparrow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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