This is an analysis of the poem The Whippoorwill that begins with:

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Above lone woodland ways that led... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbbCddXddX X eeXCaaaXaX X eeeCfffffX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,1,10,1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 01111111 01010101 011101001 1111 01110101 010101001 10010101 11010101 11011111 01000100 1 01010101 11011001 110100101 1111 01011111 10010101 01010111 01001010 11010101 01000100 1 10010111 011100111 01110111 1111 11011111 111101101 101101001 01010101 01010111 01000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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  • summary of The Whippoorwill;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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