This is an analysis of the poem Green Apple Time that begins with:

Green apple time! an', Oh, the joy
Once more to be a healthy boy,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccaa ddeeccffgg hhaaiiXaggXaaeeggaagg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 11000101 10010101 110011101 10010100 01010101 110100101 01111101 11111100 01110101 11110011 10110011 10010101 11011111 11010101 11011011 11011101 01110101 11010111 11110001 11010001 01110111 01000101 11001111 11000111 11010101 11010100 01010101 11011111 11011101 11011001 11101111 11010111 101010101 101011101 01110011 11111111 110100101 11111101 01110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words waitin', or, there'll, an' are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase plate connects the lines.

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