This is an analysis of the poem In Bonds that begins with:
Of the poor bird that cannot fly
Kindly you think and mournfully;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbaa bacdXceedd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00111101 10111100 110011111 11010101 11010110 11010001 01 1 10101 1 0 1100101 10110101 11111101 11011111 01110101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of In Bonds;
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- idea of the verse;
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