This is an analysis of the poem Anthem that begins with:
The birds they sang
at the break of day ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111 10101 101 1101 1111 1101 110100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 7
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Anthem;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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