This is an analysis of the poem The Ballad Of God-Makers that begins with:

A bird flew out at the break of day
From the nest where it had curled,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dXdb dddd aded babX ccfX cbbX ebbb bgdg cXXX fXXh bXhb adXd Xaha
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 011110101 0011011 11010111 1101001 0110101 110110 01010101 110101 0110101 110111 11011101 1010101 110100101 110111 110100101 1100101 01111111 0101101 01111111 0111001 101001001001 110111 1111111111 00110110 101001001001 110111 1111111101 00111101 11011101 111001 11010101 110101 1010011101 10111001 1010100101 110001 11110111 011111 111010100 011100 11010111 101111 1011100101 1100111 110100111 101101 1011100111 10110111 1011110111 01101010 101010101 1100010 110011001001 010101 1011100111 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, ', more, they, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words the, said, thou at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of The Ballad Of God-Makers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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