This is an analysis of the poem On May that begins with:
Among the changing months, May stands confest
The sweetest, and in fairest colours dressed!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabbccbbaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101011110 0101010101 1101110101 11011100101 1101010101 110101010001 0101110101 1011110101 0101110111 1111101101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 470
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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