This is an analysis of the poem As A Dove I Flew that begins with:
As a Dove I flew,
Without concern......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abc bcdbe dcfc Xccc dcdgceec hedbfigdijXdcjX hkXcXXd hcckkXX chXb cbkXgXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,4,4,8,15,7,7,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111 0101 1111111 01101010 111 0110 1111010 100101 111011 1101001 110101 10110000 111010 11111101 011110101 010111 111101111100 111100110 1010110111 11110 1101001 1111111010 101 111111101 1111001 1 1011110 110101010 001 0111 010110 1110110 11001 1110010 1101010 111011 110 111111010 01011 1 1101110 11111011 11110100010 11 0101010101100 111010101001 11010111 1001110 11001110 01010 1010010 00100010101 111101 101111 101 11010111 100100111 1110001 111101 10011001011 010111010 010 111111001010001 11
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, and, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words be, i, it's are repeated.
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- summary of As A Dove I Flew;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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