This is an analysis of the poem Bird With Two Right Wings that begins with:

And now our government
a bird with two right wings...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcbcdbeaadXaXefXXcbbghgghXffccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100 010111 110101 11111011011 11010 100101010100 0111 11010010 1010111 1110010011 10100110110011 111001110 110001001 1111001010101 110010111100 11110100 1111011001 11101110100 110010101 1101000 1010010 1010110 1110111 010101001011 11011111 001001 01101 10001011101 10011110 01101110100 0100111100 110101101 000010 101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 213
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; its, and, now are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Bird With Two Right Wings;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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