This is an analysis of the poem Condors that begins with:

I. CONDORS FLYING
WE watched the Condors winging towards the Moon,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXbaXcdb XeefdfbbeXcbbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11010 11010100101 01110000111 0110010101 1001010101 1111010001 1100101101 0101011111 1111010111 11010100101 1100010110 0100011111 1111011101 01010100111 111110101 0100110101 11011101111 1111111111 111100 11011101000 1001011001 1110010101 0101 1001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 481
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; and, your are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Condors;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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