Stray Birds 41 - 50 by Rabindranath Tagore: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Stray Birds 41 - 50 that begins with:

41
THE trees, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abc X dd X eXdXXbX X ceX X aX X d X XcXff X a a X Xae X ggef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,1,2,1,7,1,3,1,2,1,1,1,5,1,1,1,1,3,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01 1010001 1011011010 1 111101010 111110110101 1 010010010 0100101010 01001010 11101 010001 01001 1010001 1 01101 1001001001 10010010 1 11101001 101011001001 1 11011010 1 11 0011 10101010 001010 1 1 01 11010011101 1 1111111001010 1111001010 11110 1 01 1111 111001 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 43
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (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; in, of, his, i are repeated.

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

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