This is an analysis of the poem The Treasure Of Hope that begins with:

O FAIR bird, singing in the woods,
To the rising and the setting sun,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbcbab adedbaba cececbab acXcffXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110001 001010101 11010101 11111101 01010111 01010111 01010101 11010101 111100101 0101001001 11010101 11101101 11011111 01010101 11110101 0111010001 11110101 01011111 11101111 110110001 11111101 11111111 11110101 01010111 11111101 11001101 11010011 01010101 10100101 11110010 11010111 01111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words because, when, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Treasure Of Hope;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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