Analysis of Tell me, O Swan, your ancient tale
Tell me, O Swan, your ancient tale.
From what land do you come,
O Swan? to what shore will you fly?
Where would you take your rest,
O Swan, and what do you seek?
Even this morning, O Swan, awake, arise, follow me!
There is a land where no doubt nor sorrow have rule:
where the terror of Death is no more.
There the woods of spring are a-bloom,
and the fragrant scent 'He is I' is borne on the wind:
There the bee of the heart is deeply immersed,
and desires no other joy.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101 111111 11111111 111111 1101111 10110110101101 110111111011 101011111 10111101 0010111111101 10110111001 00101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 477 |
| Words | 97 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 177 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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