This is an analysis of the poem Ch 05 On Love And Youth Story 13 that begins with:

A parrot, having been imprisoned in a cage with a crow, was vexed by the sight and said: ‘What a loathsome aspect is this! What an odious figure!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XXbX X cX d dcad b XXXcaccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,2,1,4,1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101000100010011110111101011001110010111001101101010110100010010011 01010111100010 01001010011001 11100111001011100 110010111 111011100001100100001011001010110111010001000111010100111011111001110011000101010110001011010100010000101 0001001001001 000011001000 11110101110100011010010100001000100010001001010001101 1100101001 01111110 01100101 101011 111001000111111011011111100101011100 0101011000 1100010101 01110011110 1111010011 10101010110110 1110110001 10100110101 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 86 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Ch 05 On Love And Youth Story 13;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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