This is an analysis of the poem Upon The Lark And The Fowler that begins with:

Thou simple bird, what makes thou here to play?
Look, there's the fowler, pr'ythee come away.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccddaaeXddaaaabbaafcaa X eeggddfchh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101111101 110101101 1101011111 1001010111 0111010101 1101011111 0001010001 1011011101 10111111001 1101011101 1100011001 1111100111 1110010101 0101100110 1011011001 0111011101 1111010001 1111101111 11111101 1101111111 1111101101 1111110111 0111110111 1111111101 0101110011 1011111101 1101111100 0111010111 0100 01001100010 01110100110 01110001010 10010111010 0101011001 1010010101 0100001100 1101010111 1101010101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 560
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou, to, thee, or, thy, of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Upon The Lark And The Fowler;
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