This is an analysis of the poem To The Vesper Sparrow that begins with:
Sing the last word of the day!
Voice of the sparrow belated! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababba ababba ababXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011001 10010010 1111101 11111110 10010010 1001111 1001011 10111010 1011001 011101010 11111010 1111011 1011011 10111010 1111101 11110110 10110100 1001001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of To The Vesper Sparrow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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