This is an analysis of the poem The Swallow Leaves Her Nest that begins with:

THE swallow leaves her nest,
The soul my weary breast;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbbC ddeCeec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 010101 011101 111101 111 111101 110101 1001 011111 110011 110111 1001 1010111 010111 001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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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