This is an analysis of the poem The Hunter's Serenade that begins with:

Thy bower is finished, fairest!
Fit bower for hunter's bride--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcabadeeX XfXfgfhfdafa fiiiiiaiifif iXiXgcicXbXb jabacjXjichc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001010 1101101 1111010 011001 11011101 110111 01010101 011101 1111010 111101 01111101 0101000 1101110 110111 0101010 010111 11011101 010111 11011111 011001 0101010 110011 11010100 010111 1111111 1101010 1111110 110101 11111101 100101 01111101 010101 0111010 110101 10110101 111111 1111110 010101 1111010 110101 11011101 010101 111001100 100101 1001010 010101 110101100 010001 1111010 111101 0101010 010101 101100111 1100101 11110101 010010 1101110 0101101 10110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 351
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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

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  • summary of The Hunter's Serenade;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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