This is an analysis of the poem With A Wreath Of Laurel that begins with:

O winds, that ripple the long grass,
O winds, that kiss the jeweled sea, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gbgh didi jkjk dada fifi ibih fifi lglg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110011 111101001 111100111 010101 01011001 11001101 11010111 011101 01111101 01010101 11110111 110111 01010101 11010101 11010101 111100 11110111 11011101 01111111 010101 11110111 100011111 11010111 011111 110100101 11111101 10110111 010011 11110101 01000101 11110111 010101 11110001 01010101 11010111 100100 11110101 01111101 01010101 010101 01100101 01110101 011100101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, with, and, the are repeated.

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