This is an analysis of the poem Leda And The Swan that begins with:

A SUDDEN blow: the great wings beating still
Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefXgefg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 0101011101 01010010101 1011011001 1101010101 1111011101 01010001001 1111010111 1101110101 0100011001 01010101110 110111 10111 1101011001 01110100010 010010011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 626
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.

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