This is an analysis of the poem Across The Red Sky that begins with:

Across the red sky two birds flying,
Flying with drooping wings.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXXcaXcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111110 100101 101101011001 110010101010 1011000111110 10110010010 100100101 101100111010 101011001011 010110011 10100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 468
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Across The Red Sky;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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