This is an analysis of the poem Nest Eggs that begins with:

Birds all the summer day
Flutter and quarrel ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb cded fXge bXeh XXaf ffgf hegX XhXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 10110 100101 10010 1001 011010 11011 010110 111100 10110 101110 11010 101111 11100 110101 10010 10111 110110 1001110 10110 11110 10110 111110 10110 11110 010010 110100 10010 010110 110010 111111 10110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Nest Eggs;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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