This is an analysis of the poem Yvonne Of Brittany that begins with:

In your mother's apple-orchard,
Just a year ago, last spring:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcbXdCd Aacaddcd debebfCf gagacdCd Ahchcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101010 10101101 1101001 011100 1011010 0110101 111001001 110101 01101010 1011101 1011101 1110111 11001010 1010101 1111001 110101 00111011 1010101 11101110 1011101 11111110 1010101 111001001 111101 00100110 1010111 1111010 110111 1111101 0111111 111001001 110011 01101010 0011101 10101101 1110101 101111101 1110111 111001001 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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