This is an analysis of the poem Thomas Ross, Jr. that begins with:

This I saw with my own eyes:
A cliff-swallow...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcddcXabacbcdXeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110111 0110 10100100111 11101 11100011 10111001 001001 10101001100 111 1101 101001001 0111011001 110101 00110111 101101 0101 0101010101 1111110111010 1000011110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 606
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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  • summary of Thomas Ross, Jr.;
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