This is an analysis of the poem To A Humming-Bird that begins with:

Thou vagrant melody, light crown
Of rainbow mist above the flower,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXba cdcdd efeXf gbgbb X hihii gjgjjXdbdbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,1,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010011 011101010 10011100 01110111 0101111010010 110100101 010101001 11111101 01110101 1111110111 11010101 11011101 11110101 00110101 0011001101 11110101 01011101 10011101 10111101 1101010111 11 11011101 01010101 11010101 11011101 1001010101 111110101 01010111 01110111 01110101 1101111111 01011111 11111111 11000111 01010111 1011100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; thou is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.

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  • summary of To A Humming-Bird;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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