This is an analysis of the poem Gone With The Swallows that begins with:

Must I convey at last the news to thee?
Must I now mourn the love that lived in me? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaccddcaaeeeaccdddcdadaeeea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110101 1111011101 1001000101 1001011111 10010111001 100010101 01010101 111101001 01011111 10011001 110101 111101 1101010 1111110 1110010 010101 1101 1111 0101 0111 1101 1111 11 11 01 11 11 11 01 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 758
  • Average number of words per stanza: 145
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, my are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Gone With The Swallows;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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