This is an analysis of the poem I know why the caged bird sings that begins with:
A free bird leaps on the back
Of the wind and floats downstream ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcX ddEB ffXa cXcXg caEB Xgcfa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,5,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111101 0011111 101011101 001011 110101 1011110101 110110101 011110111 11100101 011100101 01011111 10101101011 0111010 011100101 101111 0101 1011101011 11110101 1011110101 011110111 011110111 11100101 01110 01010101 111110 10110101 10111010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 the, his 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 I know why the caged bird sings;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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