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

Tossed on the glittering air they soar and skim,
Whose voices make the emptiness of light...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010011111 1101010001 01010100001 0111011101 1111010011 1001100101 1101011100 1101110101 1101010101 1101010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 441
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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

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