This is an analysis of the poem The Lark that begins with:
You said that you loved the lark more than any other bird because of its straight flight toward the sun. That is how I wanted our flight to be....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXXXabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101111010101001101011011101100 1010110010101011110111101011000111111100101 11110111110011111010110010010001 100111011011110101010101111010111010100111100110101100101110 1011010101101010110111110011110011100010010101101101101001000100010110010 110101001110010101001000111101111001 11001011010001010111100110110101010101100101101 1110101101111110101010101101001010010111101011 101111101110011001111101011001011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1795
- Average number of words per stanza: 296
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 199 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 33
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, not, lark, like, over, in, we, with, you, that, and, it, francis, between, earth are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
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- summary of The Lark;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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