This is an analysis of the poem The Eagle And The Dove that begins with:

IN search of prey once raised his pinions
An eaglet;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXabXcbdeXcfXbgXechibdfejahccXgbcikkjlhkXbjXcXXXlfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 53,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111010 110 01010111 011011010 1111000101 11111101 00110 01111101 1111 1011010 110101 11010101 110101 1011001 111101 0101 01110101 111100 10110101 100111 11010 1001011101 1101010101 11010101 11011101 100110101 1100001 11111101 110101001 01100000101 101111 0111010100 101000101 100111 1101011100 1111 1111000101 11100111 11111101 10110101 0111110 11110101011 100101 010101 110111 1111010001 111100 101000 111000 1101100 1011001010111 01110101 10101011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1772
  • Average number of words per stanza: 303
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; three is repeated.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase looks connects the lines.

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