This is an analysis of the poem The Hummingbird that begins with:
The sunlight speaks. And it's voice is a bird:
It glitters half-guessed half seen half-heard...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a a b b cXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111101001 010111111 0101011001 01011001 110100100 011100101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 38
- Average number of words per stanza: 8
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; half is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Hummingbird;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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