This is an analysis of the poem A Fable that begins with:

Some cawing Crows, a hooting Owl,
A Hawk, a Canary, an old Marsh-Fowl,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbddbeeXffbffXggXeeXcchccheeiddiddaccXeejddj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 0100101111 1111010 0101011001 001010101 01001010 1110100111 1100101101 001101010 1010100101 1110101111 11011011 1110111001 1111101001 111011010 01111111 1111010101 01001011 11110011001 101011101 101010100 1110110101 110100101 110010100 1011111001 1111111001 00101110 11100100101 010100101 11010010 1100110101 111100101 11001010 0100100101 110101101 00101010 10010111 0010100111 1001010 110100101 010100100 10101100 1101001001 010110101 1001110 111101101 110100101 1011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1792
  • Average number of words per stanza: 353
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and, ', she, from are repeated.

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

  • summary of A Fable;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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