This is an analysis of the poem Wild Pigeon that begins with:
The autumn day is fleck'd with gold,
As slow the twilight sun declines;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdbbeeaaaa fgfghhbb ddiXggdd ddjjddggkkXkkbbbbggiidd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,23,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101001 11011101 010110001 00010101 11010111 0101001001 110010101 01010101 01100101 11010101 01111101 010100101 01010101 01011001 11010101 01010101 10100100 11010100 01011101 01110101 11110101 11011101 11110101 11010001 01010001 11000101 11110111 011101010 110100001 10011101 11001111 11010101 11010001 01010101 11111101 10010011 11010001 10010101 11011101 11110001 10111101 11001101 11011101 101111011 11010101 010101101 110010101 011001001 11010101 01110011 10010101 11010101 10010101 11010001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 383
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, they are repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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