This is an analysis of the poem The Early Bird that begins with:

A little bird sat on the edge of her nest;
Her yellow-beaks slept as sound as tops;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dcdcee fgfgeX dhdhXX hihiXX jajadd kbkbXX gcgXdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01011101001 010111111 1111111011 111100101101 011111101 1111011101 1111111001 100111111 10111010101 111011001 100101101 1101110111 110101101011 010111110110 1011111111 11101001010 11011101 111110101 101011100111 1110100101 1111101001 1100111101 1100101010 1110101010 10010111 110110010011 0101111001 11110111111 1111010101 111111110 01101110110 11011011111 01010111010 1111001111 01011101 11101100101 110101101 110010101 1111101 111111101 1110100101 101111101 1010011101 1011111101 110101011 1101010010 01000111101 1100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; she, her, i, ', of are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Early Bird;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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