This is an analysis of the poem The Emperor's Bird's-Nest. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First) that begins with:

Once the Emperor Charles of Spain,
With his swarthy, grave commanders,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab cdccd efeef ebeeb gXggX hihhi XXeeX edXed ggXgg eXeeXXagaag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001001 00101010 1010101 1010111 11011010 1110101 01101010 1000101 1100111 10101010 1101111 10101110 1010101 10101001 00111010 1010101 10111010 1111101 1111111 10100010 1110111 111010101 1010101 10100101 101001010 10001001 10011010 1010101 1010101 10001010 1110110 11100111 1011101 1000011 100101100 1110101 10111010 10101110 1011101 101001010 1011101 10101110 1010100 1010111 10111010 1010111 10110010 10101001 1110111 10101010 1011101 10101110 1011111 10101101 10101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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  • summary of The Emperor's Bird's-Nest. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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