This is an analysis of the poem To The Same [to The Humming Bird] that begins with:
Whence, and what art thou? O thou beauteous little thing!
That like a dazzling sprite... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba cddc bXXb effe bffb cggc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111110101 1101001 100011 10011010101001 1111101010101 1010111 110101 1101010110101 111110100101 100101 1010001 11010101000101 1111011011101 100101 010101 11011101010101 1110111010111 010101 110101 1001010110101 111011011001 110001 110101 101010010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of To The Same [to The Humming Bird];
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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More information about poems by Thomas Cowherd
- Analysis of To The Same, When Away From Home
- Analysis of Tributary Stanzas To The Memory Of Dr. Laycock
- Analysis of A Tribute To The Memory Of Mr. Richard Folds
