This is an analysis of the poem Caged Bird that begins with:
The free bird leaps
on the back of the wind...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdddX aeXebbF DghGBGBC ddhh dcbFXDghGBGBC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,8,4,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111 101001 1111 10101 1101 001011 110101 10111 10101 11011 0101 01111 0111 11100101 0111 0101 00101 1111 10101 10101 1011 1010 011100101 1011110101 10111010111 1110101 1011110101 011110111 011110111 11100101 0111 00101 0101 1111 10101 10101 1011 1010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; his, on are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, and are 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 Caged Bird;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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