This is an analysis of the poem The Clock's Clear Voice Into The Clearer Air that begins with:

THE cock's clear voice into the clearer air
Where westward far I roam,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bXXc cbbb dcXc bede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111000101 110111 100101 100101 0101010111 010110 111101 010101 1101010101 110111 110001 111101 1101110001 011100 110111 110101 1100010111 110100 101111 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Clock's Clear Voice Into The Clearer Air;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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