This is an analysis of the poem Swing Song that begins with:

The blatant horns blare strident sound;
Delighted, you laugh and seize...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccbdedecfeafacbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 0101111 11011111 1000100 111101101 11101011 110100 110100101 010101 00101101001 100101 00101110111 110101010 110101 1011000101 0101100 10001011 011111 111011101 1110101 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 675
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • 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 Swing Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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