This is an analysis of the poem The Second Coming that begins with:
TURNING and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaXabcaabcbddbXXXXbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10110001001 0101010100 1101010101 1100010101 0111011101 01010010001 0111010101 1101000100 1011010011 1001010011 01010101111 1011010100010 101111010010 0101010101001 0111100101 01001111010 11100010101 0101011111 1101000101 01011101010 11110101111 1001101001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 926
- Average number of words per stanza: 166
- Amount of lines: 22
- 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.
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