This is an analysis of the poem Hurt Hawks that begins with:

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The broken pillar of the wing jags from the clotted shoulder,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X Xa Xbc dea def cca eee X XXbf eXfd aaXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,3,3,3,3,3,1,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1 010100011001010 0111010001 11010101011010 1101111010 01001010111010110 111001111 011001011101010 1100101100 10111010010010001 0100111011 1101111010001011 001010001001 01100100110001 111011000100 111111010101110101 0100110010101 10011011111100101 1 110010100101101 10110 11011010100 001110110011110010111 11111111110 110100100110100101011 1101011001 0100100 1110110011 1110111011001011 10110110101010111010 0101110000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).

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