This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Aviator that begins with:

You may thrill with the speed of your thoroughbred steed,
You may laugh with delight as you ride the ocean,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbee cfXdfgg cXXdfaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001011011 111001111010 1110101101 1010111110 11100101010 1111100111 1111100101 11100111 1101001010 0011100101 1010110110 1001101010 1100100101 1000101111 1010010101 11100101100 11111101 11010010110 0111011010 10011101 101011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, he are repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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