This is an analysis of the poem To Primroses Filled With Morning Dew that begins with:

Why do ye weep, sweet babes? can tears
Speak grief in you,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccbddeeaffgg cfhhXiijjceekk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 1101 1011 110101 1000101 011111110 11010 11101 100101 111100 1111 110101 1101010101 0111011101 11010111 0101 1111 001101 110101 11111111 0100 1101 011100 110101 1111 110101 1101010101 0101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 396
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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