This is an analysis of the poem Invitation To The Redbreast that begins with:

Sweet bird, whom the winter constrains--
And seldom another it can--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd dedefgfg agageheh Xieicaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11101001 11001001 01001111 001101001 11011001 101101001 11101001 111001001 11001101 11001001 01011001 11011101 111010011 11001001 111011101 111101001 11101001 010010001 11011001 11011101 11110101 101011011 11101001 101111101 01011010 01001001 11101001 1001011 11101101 11101011 11001011 111010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; to is repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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