This is an analysis of the poem A Year's Spinning that begins with:

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He listened at the porch that day,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xababb XcbcbB XdbdbB XabXbB XebebB XdbdbX XbXbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11010111 01011111 11011101 11011101 11110011 1 11011011 11110110 11010111 11011101 11110011 1 11011111 01110111 11010111 11110101 11110011 1 11111111 11001111 11001100 01010111 11110011 1 10111101 11110111 11110101 11011111 11110011 1 01011111 11110101 11010101 101010101 1101001100 1 11010101 01111110 11011101 11110001 11010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of A Year's Spinning;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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