This is an analysis of the poem The Furl Of Fresh-Leaved Dogrose Down that begins with:

The furl of fresh-leaved dogrose down
His cheeks the forth-and-flaunting sun ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa XbXb cbcb dedeXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010110101 01011101 110010101 0100111 011101011 010101 1111111111 1110101 1101011001 0111001 11110101 011101 11001101 1011101 1101111001 10101001 10111011011010 101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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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