This is an analysis of the poem In The People's Park that begins with:

Many's the time I've found your face
Fresh as a bunch of flowers in May,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefdede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10011111 110101001 101111111 10100101 10011111 1010100101 110101001 1111001 10011101 100101001 110110101 0110111 1100101001 111111101 1110101001 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word many's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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