This is an analysis of the poem The Curlew Song that begins with:
The viewless blast flies moaning past,
Away to the forest trees,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBBBCDXDDX eefeXcgXggX XgdghcfXffX fhghXciXiiX ABBBBCDXDDX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,11,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 0100101 11011101 1101001 01010101 1100111 1011100101 0100110 10111 00101 0100110 0111100111 1011101 101010101 0010101 11011101 0011111 111111001 00100110 1111 11001 00100110 11010111 0010101 1010100101 1011101 11111111 0100101 110110111 00100110 1101 10111 00100110 01110101 0010111 110110001 0010011 11010101 1100101 110111001 0100110 1101 11001 0100110 01011101 0100101 11011101 1101001 01010101 1100111 1011100101 0100110 10111 00101 0100110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 357
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 55
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is 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 curlew at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Curlew Song;
- central theme;
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- critical appreciation.
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