This is an analysis of the poem Songs Of The Voices Of Birds: Introduction that begins with:

CHILD AND BOATMAN.
“Martin, I wonder who makes all the songs.”... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdedfghbchbhfgeaXeijbkhglkjhidkXXedahkXbXkkbhhXbbdl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,52,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 1011011101 111 1110111 1111011101 1110110 101 1111 110110 1111111101 1111010101 1011011101 110101 1110 1111111101 1111010111 0101010101 01010 11101 1011010101 0111111101 11110 11111 1110010 101 1011110101 11110111001 11000011111 1101110110 0111011 1101 11010 110101 10110111101 10 1111101101 0011111111 01111011111 1111111011 0111010111 11011100101 1111110111 1111000111 1101111111 1111011111 1001111111 1111010111 11010101 11 1101010101 1101110101 11101101 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 999
  • Average number of words per stanza: 180
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she, said, tell, snored, and are repeated.

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

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

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