This is an analysis of the poem The Panic Bird that begins with:

just flew inside my chest. Some
days it lights inside my brain,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX bbcX XcbX defX fdee Xbea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 1010111 101001100 10011010 011010110 100111111 11010101 1010110 10010001 11110111 10010100 1011011 10101001001 1010101 0100101 010100110 1111111 1101111 0111011 1011011 1001100101 11101011 1011010 110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, it are repeated.

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

  • summary of The Panic Bird;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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