This is an analysis of the poem With The Voice that begins with:

With the voice of the Field-mouse
You squeak up,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa aaX bbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010011 111 01 1 111110001 01 1101011 00101 0111100 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 65
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

    The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of With The Voice;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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