This is an analysis of The Hawk by Leon Gellert.
Swoop! Swoop!
From dizzy skies thou singest…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AXbCCXB deffde dgffdg dhiidh ddjjdd AXbCCXB
- Stanza lengths: 7,6,6,6,6,7,
- Metre: 11 0101110 00101 0101 0101 0101110 0101 0101110 11011 1101 1101 0101110 00101 1101010 01111 1111 0101 1101110 01111 1111110 10101 1111 0111 1101010 00101 1011110 00111 0101 0111 1101110 11101 11 0101110 00101 0101 0101 0101110 0101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 38
Anaphora
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