This is an analysis of the poem Noonday Rest that begins with:

THE willows whisper very, very low
Unto the listening breeze; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dede fafa eXeX cXce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111010101 1001001 01110111001 110101 010100111001 101111 1101010101 010101 100010101001 110101 0101110101 1001001 0101110111 100101 1101010101 010111 10111111111 110101 1111010111 010101 1101110001 10011000 1111010101 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.

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