This is an analysis of the poem The Birds that begins with:
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God.
~ Luke, xii, 6.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX bbcddX eefggf hhbggb hhiffi jjcaac kkj llb hheccX gggjjgXccelle
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,6,6,6,6,3,3,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1111011110111000010011 111 10011101 11010101 110111 01010101 11010111 010100 11011111 11010011 101111 10010111 111001001 0100111 11010101 11110111 010101 01110111 10010111 010111 10111111 10110111 01110001 10110101 11001111 010101 11010101 01010101 110101 01110101 10111111 110101 010101010 101101110 1100101 100101101 11010101 010101 101100101 11010101 111101 11010101 11011101 011101 10110111 11110101 110111 111100101 01011101 1101001 111111000 01010101 110111 100111011 11011001 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 56
- 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; of, in, your, no, may are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Birds;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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