This is an analysis of the poem The Laverock that begins with:
The Man says:
Laverock i' the lift,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbbX ccXX dddX XeXX XXcX bbbX XffX gggX a XXec hiXi Xjhj bkbk a XjXj XXXb ccXX blXl XXXX ciXi XcXc mXmX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011 100101 11111 111011111011 100100 1011 111101 11001101001 10100 1111 101101 110111111 110100 11101 11011 111111101 10100 1101 1011 110110101 10100 1011 1111 11111101 10100 1011 1101 01100101101 100100 11101 11101 111110101 10100 011 1101 101101 01101 111101 010110 01011 111011 11011 11011 11111 1110110 11011 110111 11011 110111 11101 011 111010 11111 1111110 101101 11101 11111 11011 11001 100110 11111 110110 11011 111010 01101 101010 11101 111110 11101 010100 01011 110010 11111 1110010 11111 111011 11111 10110111 11111 111001 11011 110111 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 23
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 87
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; ye, yer, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, ye, yer are repeated.
The author used the same word ye at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word laverock at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Laverock;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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