This is an analysis of the poem Robin’s Secret that begins with:
’T IS the blithest, bonniest weather for a bird to flirt a feather,
For a bird to trill and warble, all his wee red breast a-swell.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb Xbcb bbab XbXb Xbab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010101010101010 101011101011101 11010111011111110 1010111101010101 11111101010110110 001010111111101 1110111000111010 1111111101010101 1111001001101110 111011100110101 1010111010101010 101111101010101 1111101010101010 1111101011010100 1011101011101110 1011111101010101 1111011011111010 111010101001101 11111001010101110 111010101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
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; never, i, chirp are repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word tell at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Robin’s Secret;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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