This is an analysis of the poem The Partridge that begins with:

List the booming from afar,
Soft as hum of roving bee,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc cdcd efef ghggh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010001 1110101 1111101 10101001 1010101 10010001 1010101 11010101 10010101 1000111 1010101 1011001 1010101 1010111 1011111 1010001 11010111 1010101 11101001 11010101 1010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his is repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Partridge;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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