This is an analysis of the poem The Humming Bird that begins with:

A sudden whirr of eager sound—
And now a something throbs around ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXXccddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 11010101 010110101 01010111 11111101 11010111 11111100 11011100 100101011 01110101 11010001 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 448
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Humming Bird;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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