This is an analysis of the poem Jackdaw that begins with:
ALOOF from his tribe
On the elm-tree's top,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba bcXc ddXd XeXe Xcbc dede dcXc fghg bcXc cfhfXadbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001 10111 0101 0111 1011 10111 11111 01001 111 11101 01101 10101 110110 111 11010 11001 1101 10101 11010 001 00110 111 01001 10001 01101 01111 110010 101 01101 1101 1111 01011 1101 10111 10100 00101 01101 11011 101 11001 10111 10101 11110 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 77
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Jackdaw;
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- idea of the verse;
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