This is an analysis of the poem The Burning Bird Drops that begins with:

Sizzling sound in the water
My sleep broken...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX aaX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010010 1110 010001 1011 0100101011 1011000100101 010011101001011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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