This is an analysis of the poem May Song Ii that begins with:
BETWEEN wheatfield and corn,
Between hedgerow and thorn,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXb b cb cd bd b eebbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,2,2,2,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011011 0110011 011011 1111 101 1111 111 1111 101 1110 111 1010 111 101101 101111 101001 1011 001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 52
- Average number of words per stanza: 9
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; between, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word between is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word i at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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