This is an analysis of the poem Of Child With Bird At The Bush that begins with:

My little bird, how canst thou sit
And sing amidst so many thorns?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcddedeXfgfhahaijijkfkfadadXdXdklkl k bmbmdbdbblglfnfn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,1,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 11011101 11010111 11010101 11101101 11010111 1110111 10110101 11001101 01010101 11011101 11011111 10110110 11001100 11110111 11111111 11011101 11111111 10111101 11011101 11101111 11010011 11010101 10011111 11010101 10011111 11010101 011110101 11110111 10010111 11110101 111101001 11110111 110111101 11001100 11011100 11010101 11011101 01110101 011101001 0100 01011100 01010101 01111100 11011101 01011111 11001101 10010101 01010101 01000111 01010111 11010111 010010101 01011101 01001101 11111101 110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 663
  • Average number of words per stanza: 126
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; thee, be, to are repeated.

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

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