This is an analysis of the poem Fireflies At Night Flew that begins with:

Did the pollen of the willows,
Disturb the moss on the bark? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXbXacbcbXXbbXXcbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100011 0101101 010111 1010011 1111 00110100 101100001 101 00111111 00100101 0111001 0110010 010111101 0101 1011 110010101 0100110 10010001101 01 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 583
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of Fireflies At Night Flew;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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