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

A LITTLE bird, with plumage brown,
Beside my window flutters down,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcc ddeeaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 01110101 01010101 11011101 11011101 01110001 11111101 10010101 11011111 110010001 01011101 11110101 11010111 11010100 010011111 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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 is repeated.

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  • summary of The Sparrow;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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