This is an analysis of the poem The Birds Of Passage that begins with:

Birds, joyous birds of the wandering wing!
Whence is it ye come with the flowers of spring?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXX ccccdX ddbbeX ffggee hhiicX jjiiee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101001001 100110010001 1100100111 00110100101 00111101001 0011010100 11110100101 101100101 1111101111 1100100101 111110101 10101111110 1111100111 111100111 1110111101 101100000101 10110110111 110110111 110101101 1010110101 10100101111 101101100101 1111100101 111100111 11111101001 101111111 1101001001 1011010101 1010110101 1101101110 1011001001 11100001011 110100101 110111101 110101111 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, have, found, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words from, and, ye are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Birds Of Passage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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