This is an analysis of the poem May Morning that begins with:

Deep into spring, winter is hanging on. Bitter and skillful in his hopelessness, he stays alive in every shady place, starving along the...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100011001011011000100110101001011001010010010010100111001010111011001011101110101010101101011010010001111111011000010101111110000101011001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 556
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 1
  • Average number of symbols per line: 556 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 95
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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