This is an analysis of the poem Birds, The that begins with:
God bless the bird-
List to its caroling! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabbX cddeec ddbbffXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 100100 101101 1100100 100100 10001 0101 010101 111101 110101 101111 1011 1001 110101 101100 101100 1101 110110 111001 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word were is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).
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- summary of Birds, The;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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