This is an analysis of the poem The 'Rooks that begins with:
HIGH in the elm-trees sit the rooks,
Or flit about with busy looks ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa Xbb X cc bddXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,1,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011101 11010101 110101 11011101 11010100 110101 11010111 11110101 110101 11110101 11010101 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 61
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; they is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The 'Rooks;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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