This is an analysis of the poem With a May-Basket for Baby Agnes that begins with:

Peach-buds to meet thee,
Robins to greet thee, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabba aaaaaa ccdeed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 10011 1101111101 11111 11111 0101111111 10111 11011 1011010101 100111 001111 1011011011 11011 10111 1101011011 10010 10010 11010011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee, time, now, with are repeated).

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  • idea of the verse;
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