This is an analysis of the poem The Swallow that begins with:
THE gorse is yellow on the heath,
The banks with speedwell flowers are gay, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaabcdccd ebeebfcffcgbggb hihhXjkjjkdlddl cXccimimminonno mpmmpnknnkhlhhl
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,15,15,15,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010101 010101011 01110101 01110101 010101 010101001 01010111 11111101 11010101 110111 11010001 01111101 11111101 110010101 101101 110111001 01000101 10010100 10110101 010111 111001001 11111101 11110101 11011100 110101 11010101 11011111 10111101 11010101 011100 01010101 110101101 10010101 110101001 1001001 01010101 01110101 11010011 11110101 010001 1101011001 011101010 11011101 11010101 011101 10110101 01000101 11111111 00110101 110101 110111001 1101001001 11110001 011101001 011101 10110101 01010111 011100111 11010101 100101 11110111 11110101 011100101 11101101 011111 01110101 01011101 11010101 010010101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 476
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 70
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Swallow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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