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

A mist was driving down the British Channel,
The day was just begun,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab Xcbc dede fgcg faXa bcbc daXa agag dhdh didi ajaj hXhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101010 011110 11010111110 101101 011101110010 101101 10010100110 1001001 10110101110 010111 01011101010 101101 10110111010 110101 10111101010 011100 11111110110 1100101 110010101000 1111 11011101010 010101 10010001010 110011 11111001010 111001 11010011100 010001 11010011010 011001 10110001110 010101 100101010100 01101 100111000010 010111 11000100010 011101 11110101110 010101 10110101010 110101 11011111010 110101 11010101010 0111100 10010111010 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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, no, from are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, no are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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