This is an analysis of the poem For Spring By Sandro Botticelli that begins with:

WHAT masque of what old wind-withered New-Year
Honours this Lady? Flora, wanton-eyed... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbXbbbbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101111011 1001010101 1110110111 01010001001 01110101001 11011011101 10110111001 10111100100 1111110111 01010101001 11011100101 0101011101 10101011101 1100111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 639
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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