This is an analysis of the poem Wild May that begins with:

Aleta mentions in her tender letters,
Among a chain of quaint and touching things, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbcdadaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01010001010 0101011101 11110101010 1100111100 1100111101 1110110101 1101010011 0111000101 1101010011 11110010101 0101110001 0100010101 11011010111 0111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 614
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in are repeated.

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  • summary of Wild May;
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  • history of its creation;
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