Analysis of From The Short Story What The Swallows Did
Louisa May Alcott 1832 – 1888
Swallow, swallow, neighbor swallow,
Starting on your autumn flight,
Pause a moment at my window,
Twitter softly your good-night;
For the summer days are over,
All your duties are well done,
And the happy homes you builded
Have grown empty, one by one.
Swallow, swallow, neighbor swallow,
Are you ready for your flight?
Are all the feather cloaks completed?
Are the little caps all right?
Are the young wings strong and steady
For the journey through the sky?
Come again in early spring-time;
And till then, good-by, good-by!
| Scheme | AbabcdbdAbebfghg |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101010 1011101 10101110 1010111 10101110 1110111 0010111 1110111 10101010 1110111 110101010 1010111 10111010 1010101 10101011 0111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 533 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 412 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 88 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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