This is an analysis of the poem The Redbird that begins with:
From 'Wild Thorn and Lily'
Among the white haw-blossoms, where the creek... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXabcdddcdeXX Xebe adaf gcgc fhXh XaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,13,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011110 0101110101 1101011101 0111010101 01011100001 0101000101 1101001001 11001110010 11110010111 0111000101 0101101101 11010100001 1101001111 0100011111 1101110 110101 0101110 010101 1111110 111100 1101010 111101 1111010 110101 01010110 100101 0101010 110001 0101110 1100101 1111110 110111 1101010 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 words from, no, thou are repeated.
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- summary of The Redbird;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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