This is an analysis of the poem A Canary At The Farm that begins with:

Folks has be'n to town, and Sahry
Fetched 'er home a pet canary--,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabcccb dXdeXXde ffXcfffc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110 11101010 101010100 1000101 11101110 10111000 11101010 1010101 10110010 10101110 11101010 1010111 10101010 11101010 00100010 1010101 10111110 10101010 00111010 1011101 10101010 10101010 11101110 01100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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:

    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; i, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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  • summary of A Canary At The Farm;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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