This is an analysis of the poem The Two Blackbirds that begins with:
A blackbird in a wicker cage,
That hung and swung 'mid fruits and flowers, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dcdc dede fgfg Hbhb idid jkjk lmlm hbHb ahah mama clcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01000101 111111110 11011001 010001010 11010111 01110101 10010101 11110111 110011001 10110101 11000101 01001001 10100111 10010101 01010001 11010101 11110111 01010101 101110101 11010111 1010101 01110101 10010101 010101001 1001101 11000101 01110111 01010101 11010101 01011101 01001101 01010001 11000101 00110101 11010101 01010101 110001001 100101001 1010101 01010111 11111101 10010101 00111101 11110101 11010011 01010101 01010101 01010101 11011101 01010111 01110101 01010100
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, another are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, another are repeated.
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- summary of The Two Blackbirds;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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