This is an analysis of the poem Stray Birds 11- 20 that begins with:

11
SOME unseen fingers, like idle breeze,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaa X XXbX X cdeX X cdd Xf X bX fda X aXe X bX X Xc XXdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,1,4,1,4,1,3,2,1,2,3,1,3,1,2,1,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 101101101 11001110100010 1 1100111 110001010 110011011 1100010100 1 10 11 0010001 0101101 1 01000010 0101001 001 01001011 010010 1 1111101010001001 1 111110010 1011010111010 10111 1 1101101001 111100 1011 1 1111111 1110111 1 11011110111110 11110 1 110101 01101
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 47
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; language, ', you are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Stray Birds 11- 20;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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