This is an analysis of the poem Statue And Birds that begins with:

Here, in the withered arbor, like the arrested wind,
Straight sides, carven knees, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XaXa Xaaa bbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010100101 11101 10110111001 11000 1001010101001 0010010 0100101011101 1110 0111101000101 0101 01011011001 10111 01000001100111 1001001 101010111010001 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Statue And Birds;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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