This is an analysis of the poem Poor Cock Robin that begins with:

My garden robin in the Spring
Was rapturous with glee,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac dedecfcf ghghcgcg hbhbgigi
  • 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: 110100001 110001 11010101 010101 01000101 1100001 101101001 110011 11110001 110101 11111101 010001 01110101 101111 01010001 111111 11010001 011101 11110111 111101 01010001 110101 01010001 101101 01011101 110111 11110001 111101 11111101 010100 10110101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Poor Cock Robin;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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