This is an analysis of the poem The Three Black Crows that begins with:

Two honest tradesmen meeting in the Strand,
One took the other briskly by the hand;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXccaaXXdXeXffgghdechXccccceXf fXbcXaaXhXeaf ef XXXcedXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,13,2,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010001 1101010101 1111111100 0101111101 0101100111 1110000101 1111110101 1101011101 1001100111 0100111101 0101110101 1001011111 1000111101 1100011111 1111110101 100100100111 1011010001 1110101111 111011101 11011 1 111 1 1 0101110101 1001000101 1111110101 1001010101 011 1 11110 1 0101110101 01000111010 1111111101 0111110111 1010100101 1001010101 1101011111 1111101111 1111010101 111011 11 1 1 111111110 1 0111000111 1101111101 0101011111 1111011101 1011111101 10111 1 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 471
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ', to, i are repeated.

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

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

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