This is an analysis of the poem The Cuckoo that begins with:
We heard it calling, clear and low,
That tender April morn; we stood... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba cbbc cbbc deed fggf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 11010111 11000101 11011001 01100111 01100111 11110101 11011111 01111111 11011101 11001111 11010101 11111111 01000111 01010101 01011101 11110101 11010001 01011011 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, and, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, and are repeated.
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- summary of The Cuckoo;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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