This is an analysis of the poem Longing is like the Seed that begins with:
Longing is like the Seed
That wrestles in the Ground,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa Xbab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101 110001 01000101 011101 010101 110101 11001001 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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