This is an analysis of the poem The Birds' Lullaby that begins with:
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Sing to us, cedars; the twilight is creeping...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcBBB X babXBBB X dbdbbbB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,1,7,1,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 10110011010 01001001001 1111100111010 11001011001 1111 11101 1110110100 1 10110011010 01001001101 110111110010 11001011101 1111 11101 1110110100 1 10110110110 11011011011 110110110110 11011011001 1111 11101 1110110100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, and, to, your, so 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 The Birds' Lullaby;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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