This is an analysis of the poem The Laurustinus that begins with:
Fair tree of winter! fresh and flowering,
When all around is dead and dry;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbccddaeaebbdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1101011100 11010111 110111110 11110001 11111101 1100101001 11010111 110010001 011101010 010001101 111101010 00010111 11010110 01010111 11010111 10010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 595
- Average number of words per stanza: 104
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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