This is an analysis of the poem To The Stork. (Armenian Popular Song, From The Prose Version Of Alishan) that begins with:

Welcome, O Stork! that dost wing
Thy flight from the far-away! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded fgfg bXbX hXhcXfdfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 1100101 111101001 1111111 011101 011101 0111111 110111 0111101 1101101 0101001 110011 110111 0100101 0100101 1111010 110101 101111 10100111 1101101 0100101 0010100100 0111101 1011111 1111001 1100111 10111001 0101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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 is repeated.

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

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  • summary of To The Stork. (Armenian Popular Song, From The Prose Version Of Alishan);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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