This is an analysis of the poem Anacreontics, The Swallow that begins with:

FOOLISH prater, what dost thou
So early at my window do? ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111 11011101 10111001 01101101 011111000 11110111 1010001 1011111 1011011 11111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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