This is an analysis of the poem The Bulbul Sings To The Fowers (A Garden Is Our Land) that begins with:

The bulbul sings to the flowers:
'A garden is our land! '...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bcXD eafD fcXD XaXD XecD XaXD dXbD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010010 1100111 0101100100 111101 1100100101 010011 110110 010101 010101001 010011 010011101 111101 11010100 010011 011001 0101001 1101010 010011 100101 01011111 010011101 010011 101101 010111 1101010 010011 101101 0010011 111101 010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and, in are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of The Bulbul Sings To The Fowers (A Garden Is Our Land);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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