This is an analysis of the poem Your Brother Has A Falcon that begins with:

Your brother has a falcon,
Your sister has a flower; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 1101010 11011100 101010 11111111 11101 11111011 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; my, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word your is repeated.

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