This is an analysis of the poem The First Leaf Of Spring that begins with:

WRITTEN ON THE FIRST LEAF OF A LADY'S ALBUM.
Thou fragile, filmy, gossamery thing,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaXXbbccXXdddadeeaffXXbbXXgghgh X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,31,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011001010 1101010001 11001 1100101110 1001010 1101011101010 01010010 1100011101 1100001 001100101 111101110 1100111 0101 110101 11010001 0111 11110101 1111001 1101001000101 1101101111 1100010101 1011110 1101100 101111010 110100001010 0101010100 0101001 11110011 11110101 0101 1111010110 11 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 360
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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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