This is an analysis of the poem Bird that begins with:
It was passed from one bird to another,
the whole gift of the day....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdXXdXd edXcXXXeeXbceaad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,16,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110110010 011001 0110101 1101010 01110010 10111 01101010 0111 11110 1101011010 1101011 01110100 11111 1011010 1100101 10011101 0011011 0100111 010001 11010111 1111101 10100110 0101010 0011110 11010010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 367
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Bird;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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