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

Out of the woods by the creek cometh a calling for Peter,
And from the orchard a voice echoes and echoes it over;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAaBbc deXeXfghdaXae agahXXga Xebehg XX heggXXgaia gaeXjXeeeXfX aXcdX gjdabfcXc AAaaBadjgfkXahX baXcbgajaeaca ekXalXebX beglfa hfkfgahafciaXeX bbgaXegXcgXX deXebXaXaagcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,8,6,2,10,12,5,9,15,13,9,6,15,12,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110110010110 100100110110010 100100111110110 1001111011010010 111110111110110 110100111110010 110110110010010 111100110111010 10110011011100 100101110100110 101111111110110 100101110110010 100110110010010 101100110010010 110100110111110 100101011001110010 10011011100101100 111110110011010 1001001110010010 10011111010110110 101100110110010 100110111010110 101110110010110 1000010111101001100 10000101110110100100 10110001110010110 100100111110110 101101110010011 110100100111010 000100110010010 100101111010110 11100110011010 1001101101101010 10111001111010100 100 110100110011010 100111110010010 1101001010011010 1011001110110110 1000010111101001100 10000101110110100100 1000110001110010110 100100111111110 110100110110011 110101110110110 100110110110110 100100111010110 1001000111010010 100101100110010100 1101001010111111 1101101010010010 110100110011010 1001011110010010 100111111000100110 1001001111010110 100100110010111 1001011100100100 100101110111010 101101110110110 101100111010010 101110011100010110 1011001111101100 100111100010010 000110111011111 000101110111110 101101100110010 111111111110110 111100110111110 1001101111010010 10001011010100100 100100110010010 100110110010110 100100110110010 100100111110110 1000110110101010 1001111011010010 100101110110110 011010110010010 110101110011111 10011001110010110 1011001110111110 110100111010011 100101110110110 100110110110010 100100100110010 00010111001010 111100110010110 101000110010110 100011001100011011000 100100110010010 100111010011010 111101110110110 101100110010010 110111111010111 1001000011010110 100110110110110 1001001010010110 100100110011010 101100110110110 101101110111110 1011001011111110 111100110111000 100100110110110 010010010100100 10 010001001010010010 010010010100101 10 0100100100100101 10 11001001110010110 110110010101110 10 01011111011010110 1111001111010010 1011000111001011 1111111111011 010 11001001110100010 11001001110110110 1101001100011010 1100010111010110110 11001001110010010 1001001110010010 1111100111010010 1001100110110010 1001001110011010 1001001110110010 10010110101001100 000101110011010 111100111011010 100110111010010 101100110110110 100101110010010 1011011110010110 100100110110110 100100110100100 100100110011010 110100110011010 111100110110010 100101110010010 000100110010010 100110110010110 100100110010100 100110110010111 1000111110011110 100111110010011 100111110110110 100100110111000 0100011000110100011000010 000100110011010 101100110110110 110110111011110 111100110110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 609
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 154
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, in, peter, it, of, for, he, his, that, to, ran, from, call, when are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words peter, see, into, ran, the, that, when are repeated.

    The author used the same word this at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines legend is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word peter at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase peter connects the lines.

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