This is an analysis of the poem The Sparrow that begins with:
I was returning from hunting, and walking along an avenue of the garden, my
dog running in front of me....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa XX bcdc aceX XXX eXX b db bdXec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,4,4,3,3,1,2,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101001011001110100101 1100101 1001110110101011110 1 11010101110110010010 11110101101001011 100010011001011101001 100100111 1111001001100101001 11111101011011010 1111011010010110010 10110101010101 010101010101011010 10110010011111100 1010011 10110101110011011 1101110100110100 101 1111111011100001 110011010001110110 100 1111111001110010110 0101 11101011101011010 11110101010
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; its, and, it are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase love connects the lines.
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- summary of The Sparrow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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