This is an analysis of the poem The Return Of The Goldfinches that begins with:

WE are much honoured by your choice,
O golden birds of silver voice,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff ggbb eehh iicc ggca cceX jjkk ddaa aaii ggll ccii aacc mmll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100111 11010101 10110111 010011 01010111 011010110 11110101 010101 00110111 1110111 01101111 011101 11010101 10110111 01010111 110011 11110111 11011111 01010001 110111 11001101 11001111 11011111 110101 11110101 11011101 11010110 010110 010101010 11010101 01100101 111100 10111101 110101001 11110111 111011 11010111 01110101 010011101 111101 11010011 10010101 11011111 101101 01111111 110110111 11010101 001101 110101010 110101110 11000111 010000 11011101 01011011 11110101 110111 110001001 10111011 01010111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, of, your are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Return Of The Goldfinches;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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