This is an analysis of the poem The First Flight that begins with:
While there's one on his feet with a tale to repeat
And another is sampling a drink,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcXdadacecffafegeghiaihaaaabgbXeaedaXaaded
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111101001001 101001001 01011101011 101011101 101001011001 01001011 101011111011 001001001 101011101001 1011001001 101101001001 001101001 101011101011 101011101 11011101011 101001001 11001101011 101101011 01011111101 101111011 01001001001 000101001 101011001101 10101011 111111101011 111101011 01101101011 101001101 11101111011 101101011 101011110011 111001011 101111101001 111101001 111011011111 101001111 101011101001 101011001 10101110011 001101011 11011001101 111011111 1010111111010 101011101 111001001011 111001001 101101001101 101101011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2092
- Average number of words per stanza: 426
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of, there, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words there, and are repeated.
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- summary of The First Flight;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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