This is an analysis of the poem A Song [o Heart Of Mine-If I Were But A Swallow] that begins with:
O heart of mine-if I were but a swallow-
A thing so fearless, swift of flight, and free-...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101010 0111010111 11100111110 111101 01011001010 1101110101 11011111010 111100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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