Analysis of Swan Lake
Alone and still, too still, she stands,
Too slender, neck too long and white
To seem quite human, feathered hands
Upflung, within a cone of light
And silence, as the spell is laid.
A fearful magic’s fell embrace
Now mutes and binds both man and maid,
A prince and swan. Her frozen face
Sees but her master crouched before her.
Pain can never rouse his ruth,
Nor can her pinioned prince restore her.
But they’ll learn at last this truth:
That lovers may defy death’s sting,
Ascend to heaven, wing to wing.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GG |
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Poetic Form | Shakespearean sonnet (86%) |
Metre | 01011111 11011101 11110101 1010111 01010111 0101101 11011101 01010101 110101010 1110111 11011010 1111111 11010111 01110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 497 |
Words | 92 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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