This is an analysis of the poem The Swan Song Of Parson Avery that begins with:
When the reaper's task was ended, and the summer wearing late,
Parson Avery sailed from Newbury, with his wife and children eight,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaX bbb bbb ccc ccc ccc ddX ccc ddd aaa ccc ccc bbX ddd aaa ccc eee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 101011101010101 10100101100011101 101010100010111 10010100010101 00101010101111 10111110010101 1111110010101 1111111011111 01010101011101 101110100011101 10101110010101 001010101010101 1111111010111 01001111010101 1111010010101 101010111011111 101010100010001 11000101111111 101010111011101 101110101010101 0010101010110110 111011101010101 011010101010111 10101011010101 111000101011101 01010101011111 11010100101001 001000100011101 1011100101011101 0101011010111 101111100010111 111110111110101 1111111010111001 10101110010011 11101010011111 111010101010111 1010001101111001 11110101111111 100110110111101 10101011101001011 10101010010101 101111101010011 01011100010101 10111110011101 101010100110001 111010110010101 001010110010101 1111110010101 1101011110001 01110010010101 1110111010101001
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, let are repeated.
The author used the same word 'in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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