This is an analysis of the poem Primroses that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccddccaaaXcdXbbcceeffXdgg XhhiihhccjjcchXeejjfXbbjXjjiikkjXkkll XkkiillcckkddmmccnnddffXiddeebbddooaapp
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,37,39,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10100001 1101101 1010101 0011111 10101001 1010111 10100110 10101010 1110101 0010111 1110101 11111110 11101110 1010111 1001100 1010111 1110011 1111111 100010 1001111 11101001 10101110 11101110 11111100 10101010 1001011 1010101 1 0101101 1101111 1010101 10010111 1010110 1010100 1010101 1010101 1010101 101111 1010101 1111011 1010101 1010100 10100111 11111001 1011101 1000100 10101110 10101010 1010111 1111101 1111101 1011100 1111101 1010001 1010111 0111101 1110111 1011011 1010111 1001000 1110111 1010111 1001111 10100001 1 1111101 10110111 1110111 1101101 1010111 10101001 1110101 1110101 10101010 00101010 1111111 1011101 1110111 1110111 10100101 1010101 0011101 1010111 1011101 1010101 10111010 11101110 1011110 1000101 1111111 1010101 10100001 1010101 10100111 1000101 1111001 0011101 1010001 0011001 1010001 1110111 1011101 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1058
  • Average number of words per stanza: 182
  • Amount of lines: 104
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.

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  • summary of Primroses;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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