This is an analysis of The Andante Of Snakes by Arthur Symons.

They weave a slow andante as in sleep,
Scaled yellow, swampy black, plague-spotted white;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef cgcg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1101010101 1101011101 0111011111 0100010100 0101010111 10110010001 100010101000 0101010001 0101111111 1111101101 0101011001 11001100001 1100010111 0111010100 1111100101 1101010100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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