This is an analysis of the poem The Crow that begins with:
Hail, little herald!--Art thou then returning
From summer lands, this wild and wind-torn day?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababa cac XdAX eaea ffff gcgcaaaa XdAX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,4,4,4,8,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111010 0101011111 11011111110 1010101 11110101010 01110010001 01011101010 1000101 100101001010 1011010101 100101001010 0010101 1111010110 11110100001 11110101110 1100011101 11110101110 1101110101 11011101010 0101110101 11111101010 011111 01000101010 110111 11000101110 11011101001 01111101010 11011111001 100101001010 1111010101 100101001010 0010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 32
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; spring, coming, of are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Crow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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