This is an analysis of A Duty Done - 1935 by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.
The swallows are back, and I'm tuning my lyre,
For today 'tis my duty to sing…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabaAaacc aaXaAaaXc badaAaacc daXaAaacc
- Stanza lengths: 9,9,9,9,
- Metre: 01011101011 101111001 001001101001 010010001 101 11101001 1 1100011011 11001001011 011001101011 101101001 101001001011 101001101 101 101001011 1111 101001001110 11011001011 10100111001 101101001 001101111001 101011111 101 11111011 1 101001111011 101111101011 11001110001 101101011 111111001001 001101011 101 010011011 1 11101011001 101101001011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
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