This is an analysis of the poem May In The Green-Wood that begins with:
IN somer when the shawes be sheyne,
And leves be large and long, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb XXcX XbcX XbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101001 1100111 101100110 110101 011011001 110101 111100101 100111 1011100 1000110 011111 10101011 10010101101 111111 011011111 101010 11111110 10111 11100111 101001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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