This is an analysis of the poem The Last Word of a Blue Bird that begins with:

As told to a child
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXbbbbaaccdddeeaaffggX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,22,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 111101 001111 111011 1111 111011 011001 101011 101011 101111 11011 111101 11111 01101 11101 111001 11000 11011 111011 001011 11101 1010001 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (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; you, that, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, and are repeated.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Last Word of a Blue Bird;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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