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

The swallow with summer
Will wing o'er the seas, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbcacXcXcdcecbfefbbdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010 011001 011110 01011 011010 11001 111110 11001 110111 11101 1011110 11001 110111 11111 010011 11001 101101 101001 110011 11011 101101 001111 110111 01001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 612
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.

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  • summary of The Exile;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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