This is an analysis of the poem To A Canadian Aviator Who Died For His Country In France that begins with:

Tossed like a falcon from the hunter's wrist,
A sweeping plunge, a sudden shattering noise,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdabaXef gccgbecbcbfX aXacXaadffadX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,12,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101000101 01010101001 1111001101 00101100101 1001110110 0111110101 1101100111 11100011101 1000101010 11110001010 001 1111101 1101010001 1101010101 1101110001 1111011101 110111010 01010101010 1111010111 1011000100 1001010001 1101100101 0001110100101 01110101111 1101010111 1101011101 1001001011001 0110010100 1101010011 110010111001 11010101101 1011100111 1001010101 11001010101 110111010 1001010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 508
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, peril, and, in are repeated.

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

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