This is an analysis of the poem My April Lady that begins with:

When down the stair at morning
The sunbeams round her float, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbaXbX bdddaebe XdXdXfcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110 010101 1100010 1100001 0100010 010111 1001011 110101 1001011 010111 1101110 100101 0111010 110101 1001011 110101 1101010 0111010 11010110 1111010 1101110 110101 1101110 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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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