This is an analysis of the poem The Bush-Sparrow that begins with:
Ere wild-haws, looming in the glooms,
Build bolted drifts of breezy blooms;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabbcddccaaeae X ffeeggeeXXhiihggX X hghhddaaggjjbbaagggeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,1,17,1,21,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110001 11010101 10010101 01111111 11010111 01110011 110010101 01111101 01110011 11000110010 010101110 11001100 111101110 111100001 1 11011101 11010001 11111101 010101111 11110001 11010101 01110111 11011101 11110001 01011111 010010101 11100101 01010101 10011101 01010001 110010111 101010101010 1 110010101 11001101 11010111 11000101 01011111 11010111 11100101 10111001 01011011 11011111 01010111 110100101 11011001 111101001 10010101 01011101 01010111 01010001 01010001 01010101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 380
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, grace, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, her are repeated.
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