This is an analysis of the poem Allouette that begins with:

Singing larks I saw for sale -
(Ah! the pain of it)...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefbXXg dbdbaXaf bhXhgigi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 10100 1110001 10101 1011101 101001 1010011 10101 10010101 111001 1000101 11101 1111101 100010 101010 00101 1010111 0101 1110111 11101 1010101 10101 1011111 10101 1111101 10101 1110010 111101 1111111 010001 01000111 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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 is repeated.

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  • summary of Allouette;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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