This is an analysis of the poem Swifts (2) that begins with:
At twilight the swifts have no power,
to hold back that pale blue coolness....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcXc XbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011110 01111110 0101010 1111111 011111 111010010 11001110 11101010 11001010 01001101 1111101 01001101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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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- summary of Swifts (2);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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