This is an analysis of The Princess: A Medley: O Swallow by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
O Swallow, Swallow, flying, flying South,
Fly to her, and fall upon her gilded eaves,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcXaadXb edf Xbe eaf XaaXbec
- Stanza lengths: 9,3,3,3,7,
- Metre: 1101010101 10011010101 1101011101 1101011101 1111110001 1111110001 110100111011 0101011111 1111010101 1011111110 1111010101 1101010111 11001010101 0101010101 0101110111 1101011101 10011110001 1001111101 1101011101 1101010001 1101010001 1101000101 100111101101 1101011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
her, tell, swallow, and, but, in
Anaphora
and
