This is an analysis of the poem The Crow Sat On The Willow that begins with:

The crow sat on the willow tree
A-lifting up his wings,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcadd efefgXgXgg hghXXdXdaa fbfbiXiXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 010101 11010101 110101 11110111 010111 1100100101 010111 111100101 11010101 11110101 110111 11110101 110111 01010101 011101 11010111 110101 11111101 01010101 1101110 110001 1101010 001101 11110101 110101 11011101 0111001 01010101 11010101 01110111 110101 010101001 110011 11100101 01101 01010111 1101001 01010101 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; love, and, his are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Crow Sat On The Willow;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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