This is an analysis of the poem Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher that begins with:

To force the pace and never to be still
Is not the way of those who study birds...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaacdcdd effeedgdgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101110001 0101011101 1100110111 0101110100 1101010101 0101000101 0101111101 1101110100 0001010101 1101010101 01101110111 0101011101 010101110101 0101011101 0111010111 1101010101 1101111101 0101011101 1101010101 0111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 420
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.

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