This is an analysis of the poem The Humming-Bird that begins with:
What a boom! boom!
Sounds among the honeysuckles! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccbbdedebcbbcfGfgcchcfG bibijjkkhhXigighhfhig
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,21,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011 10101010 1011 11111110 1010101 11010101 0010111 11111 10111110 111 110110010 10101 1010111 101 100101101 01011101001 111 10101011 111 10111111 101 1110011 10011001 10111011 10101011 101010011 111 10111110 001 111010010 101 0011111 1010101 10111010 01111010 1111101 111 11101010 101 10110110 1001 10111111 10011101 11101111 10101011 11101010 111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 448
- Average number of words per stanza: 82
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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 word now is repeated.
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- summary of The Humming-Bird;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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