This is an analysis of the poem The Turtle And Sparrow. An Elegiac Tale that begins with:

Behind an unfrequented glade,
Where yew and myrtle mix their shade,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbddee aaffeeeegG hhddgg hhiigG aaffgG iijjjjkXaagG aalXbbmmaaaA ggggaA eeiigggg ffiibbaad jjggllnneeggaalX ffaaaaooppaagg ddd ppqqddeeggggbbaabbhheeddhh aagG hhaaggaallllpp eeajjgggG llddgg aaiei mmddnnXhhh aaaai ibbmmeeddaarab bggeeddaaaahhnnddaXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,6,6,6,12,12,6,8,9,16,14,3,26,4,14,9,6,5,10,5,14,31,25,10,25,46,4,4,12,14,14,30,14,8,1,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110001 11110111 01010101 11010101 010101101 01110111 01100101 11011111 10110101 11111111 11101101 01011111 111111111 01111101 1111101 11110101 110001001 11010101 11011101 100101011 11111111 11110111 11011101 11011101 11110101 11111101 11010111 11011111 11001111 10110101 01110101 11110011 11111101 11110111 0110101 1101111 01011101 110011001 01110101 11110111 10011001 01110101 11100101 11111101 01111101 00010101 11011101 11011110 11010111 11011101 11111111 11110111 11011101 110010001 11110011 01100101 11110101 11010101 11110111 11000111 11110101 01111101 11110111 11010101 11111101 11110111 11110101 11111101 11110101 11010101 111000111 11110101 111111111 01010101 11011101 11111101 11110111 11000111 111001101 11010111 01011101 11110101 01011111 11110011 11010101 11010101 1101 10101 11010101 111011101 11010101 1110010101 1101011 110111101 01010111 11111101 110101001 00111111 01010101 10010101 01110101 10111111 11010001 110101001 10100011 11001001 11111101 11110101 11110111 010110111 111110011 1101010010 010100010 110110010 100110100 11001101 11101101 11010101 10111101 11011101 110101010 111111110 11110101 01111111 100100011 11110101 01010101 11011111 110111010 011101010 00110001 01110111 11110111 11111101 11010101 11010011 11110101 01011101 01111100 01010111 11010111 11010101 11110101 1111111 11010101 01010101 111111101 11011101 11111101 11110111 111010111 11110101 01011101 01010001 01100101 01110101 01000101 01110101 111111001 11011101 11011101 11010101 110111010 110111010 111110101 01010001 11111 11101 11011101 11010111 11011101 01110111 11110111 11111101 10111101 11110101 11010101 11101101 11110111 1100111101 11111111 11110101 1101111 11 1101011 111101101 10011101 01110101 01010101 11011001 11111110 111111001 01011111 11011111 110111111 11011101 11111101 11111001 11000111 111110101 11011101 01110101 01010101 11111111 01000101 11011001 11010101 110100111 11011101 110101001 1100 11 01 10000101 011110001 10110101 11011100 10111101 11111111 11111111 11011111 01101101 11111001 11011111 10011101 11110101 11011101 11011111 110101001 11010101 01010101 111111110 11011101 11110101 110100010 110111010 01000111 01010101 11011101 110101001 11010101 01110011 11010101 11010101 101010101 11010101 111011101 11111101 11010101 11011111 11111101 111001001 11110111 1111001 100101001 0011 100 1 11010101 11 100 1011 10010101 010101111 10111101 111100111 11110001 110010101 11110101 111011101 11001101 1110101110 110110110 110011010 111101010 11110101 01011011 100110111 0100100111 111111111 11110101 01011101 1001 11111 111101110 111101010 111010101 01010101 11000101 11010101 11010111 0100101100 11011101 11010101 11110111 11111101 111101110 110101110 0101111 11010101 01100101 11011111 11110111 11110101 11011011 11011001 011111001 10010101 11011101 11010101 110111010 110101010 01110101 010101101 11011111 01111101 11010101 11101101 10110111 11000101 10001001 11011101 100101010 110001110 11111101 01010101 11010111 11010101 10011111 11110101 01111101 01010101 01111101 11110111 11010001 0 1 1 10 111 11101101 010010101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11010111 010011001 11010101 11010111 10010111 1100011111 11010111 100011111 110010111 1110100101 01010011 01110101 11111101 111010101 11110111 11010110 111011111 11110101 11110101 11010111 10010101 01100101 11011101 10011101 11011100 11010101 11110001 01011111 11011101 111100110 11010101 11010001 01010111 11111001 110101001 11111101 01011101 10010101 11110111 111011101 01010111 111011111 01001011 110111010 111010110 01011111 11010111 11011111 01110111 11111101 11110011 10111111 01010101 11010111 11010100 11011101 11010011 11011011 10110111 11110101 01100101 10010101 01010111 01110010 11110101 11111101 011010101 01011111 11010101 11010101 11010101 11111111 110101 010001100 11010101 11010101 01111111 01111111 11110111 110010101 11110111 10111101 01011101 111110101 10011101 11101101 01010101 10010111 11111101 01010111 11010101 11110111 01010101 11100101 11110101 101101110 110101010 01010101 100111101 11110101 11010101 1101010010 110111010 111101010 1111011110 1010 1101001101 0111010101 1011011101 1101010101 1111011101 1101010101 1111110001 1011011101 1001111111 0110110111 1111010101 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 37
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 431
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 464
  • 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; those, ye, their, i, and, you, in, as, columbo, of, her, now, she, my, to, told, who, it, or, me are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words those, their, 'tis, must, i, to, she, but, 'twas, where, and are repeated.

    The author used the same words s, t at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines 'em is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words gone, died at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase there connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Turtle And Sparrow. An Elegiac Tale;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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