This is an analysis of the poem Stray Birds 21- 30 that begins with:
21
THEY throw their shadows before them ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X Xa X bcX X ccXX X ac X de X XXe X dbX X XXX X dcX X XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,3,1,4,1,2,1,2,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11111010 110110111 1 1101 00010001 101 1 10101 10111001 1111110 110110 1 101001 1011001 1 10011 010001001 1 101101010111 1101 101 1 011110101 0101110011 1111 1 110 11001 1001000110 1 11101101001 11010010001001 111 1 1 11111 10101111111
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 41
- Average number of words per stanza: 9
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- 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; their 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 21- 30;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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