This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Bird Watching that begins with:

Now
Let's look for birds! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdeecfbgbhXigjddkddeleacjblbijcXbbcdljkbeXmcincgbbcXccccicXcfcibilbchccdllbembXhbnbcihhkcdmcbXacdmbXdadm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 107,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1111 011010 0010 01 0100101 01 01 010111 1 001001 0101 0101 101 01 01 01010 11 010 010110 01 11 101 0101 001 1 1001 101010 111010 001 1001 0100 10 10 010 001 101010 1111 00 1010 101100 110 11 001 110100 01 11101 011010 1 110111 1 101 1001 1 100010 111010 0110 1101 011 11111001 110111 011010010 111 11001 1101 1010010 10 10010 0110 011010 1101 0010 010010 111 01101 00110 1101010 110111 011 1110010 010 10100 0 101110 11111 111011 1000011 0100 1110 1110 10100 10110 110 0010 101 11010 11 01111 110 1101101 11 10100 11000 110110 11 11110 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1882
  • Average number of words per stanza: 317
  • Amount of lines: 107
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, to, i, you are repeated.

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

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