This is an analysis of the poem Plum-Flowers that begins with:

On boughs a-tremble with the rain,
The blown white flowers of the plum...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba bab aXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001 01110001 11010101 111100111 01110101 01110111 11010101 11111101 11010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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