This is an analysis of the poem Invitation To The Country that begins with:

Now 'tis Spring on wood and wold,
Early Spring that shivers with cold, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcbbcXbbcdddbb eeee fbbf gaag hiih jkkkeeXeeeekkkjkj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,4,4,4,4,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 100111001 110110111 010010101 010101010 101111011 1011011001 1101001010 11010111 101010101 11011101 111010011010 110110001 1101101101 11111111 11110111111 11011011011 110111011 11010101 11011101 111010111 11111001 11001101 01001001111 0101101001 10011010110 010110111 1001001001 011010110110 1101111001 101101001011 01101011011 1001001011 11111001 1110101111 010001111101 101001001011 11110010101 1010010101 1001001001 11011010110 101011011010 01111001001 111011011001 1011111111 11001011001 11101000111 00111001011 10010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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, singing, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, as, and, the, come are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).

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