This is an analysis of the poem The Falcon that begins with:

Fair Princesse of the spacious air,
That hast vouchsaf'd acquaintance here,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXcc ddeeaaff ggddXh iiiiXchh jXiifX kkiXXaeX aXiill aaXefffX mmbXjj mmiiiiXb hhdXXc ggiihhii bXbhdX XeaajXmm XXXfcc nnaaccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000101 111000101 011100011 11110111 11110111 01010001 111110100 01010101 10110101 11010001 11011111 00110101 11010011 01010101 11011111 11110001 11011111 11011111 11111011 11110100 11011101 01010101 11011101 0111001111 1111011 11110001 01111101 11010001 01101101 011111100 100100111 100100001 11100101 10010101 11010111 11110101 11010101 01010110 010011101 111101111 10100101 11011000 01010101 10110010 11111111 01010011 011110101 01110101 11110101 101010101 111010111 01010101 10010101 11010111 11100001 11010100 01010101 01011101 00100101 11110110 1100101 11000111 01010111 00010101 11010101 001100001 10110101 11010101 11000111 11010001 01010111 01011101 10100101 01010100 10010001 01010001 11110101 01000001 0101010 10011101 11010111 11010101 11010111 11010101 11000101 01010101 11011101 0110101 10110011 11010100 11001001 10110101 10111011 11011101 11011101 01110111 01010101 11011101 01010100 11011100 011101010 01011111 11101101 110100101 11010111 11010101 11011011 11111101 10100101 1010111 1001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 111
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • history of its creation;
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