This is an analysis of the poem Paraphrase on Anacreon: Ode to the Swallow that begins with:

Thou indeed, little Swallow,
A sweet yearly comer.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaddcXcacaXcbebeffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 011010 110010 1110010 11101 1110110 11011 111101 101011 101101 111111 1010110 011111 1010010 101101 111111 1011110 1011011 1011110 011011 11101 001101 1111010010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 650
  • Average number of words per stanza: 124
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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