This is an analysis of the poem The Blue Jay that begins with:

No brigadier throughout the year
So civic as the jay.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabc dada eaXc baXc Xfef Xece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110101 010101001 010100 01011101 010101 01000101 110101 01111100 1110101 11010111 010100 11010001 010101 11011100 010100 01000101 010101 01011100 010101 0100010 010001 01110100 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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