This is an analysis of the poem The Dalliance Of The Eagles that begins with:
SKIRTING the river road, (my forenoon walk, my rest)
Skyward in air a sudden muffled sound, the dalliance of the eagles,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbccbcXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001011100111 100101010101000010 01010011101010 0101010101011101 11011101011100 010010100111010 110010101110101 01001100011101010 10011111010110101 1 10100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 684
- Average number of words per stanza: 96
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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