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

How may the poet sing
When Song is far away? ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbababAb cdcdeffebbgdgdfaga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 110101 111101 1100111 011101 010111 110101 011101 110101 1111 101101 0011 1011110 010101 110110 01010 110001 111111 000111 0101 010101 0101 111101 1101001 0010101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 344
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; her is repeated.

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

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