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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  • summary of The Laurustinus;
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