This is an analysis of the poem Sandalphon. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First) that begins with:

Have you read in the Talmud of old,
In the Legends the Rabbins have told... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddeXXe fbdffd gghXdh bbbiib iiajja hhbkkb eeiggiXeekkkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111001001 001001011 001001001 1110010010 0100010010 10001001 101101011 001001011 001101001 1100101000 1101111100 01001011 010011010 11011101 001101001 010110110 111110010 11011001 101001001 01101001 011000011 010110010 100110010 01101001 001011101 001110101 001011001 0011110010 110010010 11011001 111001111 1110010001 001001011 1010110010 1010010010 01001011 00101011 01001001 001001001 101100010 010011010 11111101 111011011 101001011 11011001 010010010 100010010 01001001 101011001 001011001 010110001 111010100 01010000010 01001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; have, of, and, from, that are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Sandalphon. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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