This is an analysis of the poem Thou needst not cry to God that begins with:
Thou needst not cry to God,
The spring wells up in thee....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 0011101 110101 010100 10101110 01001010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 80
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.
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