This is an analysis of the poem A Poem Without A Single Bird In It that begins with:

What can I say to you, darling,
When you ask me for help?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcXccadXXdacXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110 111111 111101010 1101100 111001 01101111010 11001110 11111 1111010 11011111011 110 11011101111 11101100 011001110 1101101100101 1011111 10100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 523
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • 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; i is repeated.

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

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  • summary of A Poem Without A Single Bird In It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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