This is an analysis of the poem The Swallows that begins with:
I asked the first stray swallow of the spring,
'Where hast thou been through all the winter drear?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXX bcbcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011100001 1110110101 0111011111 111011 110101010101 1001101101 0101110111 1101110101 100101 101110110110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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