This is an analysis of the poem Request To A Year that begins with:

If the year is meditating a suitable gift,
I should like it to be the attitude ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX bXXa aXX acXc bcbcXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0010101001001 1110000101 0111110 1010101001 110110 1101010011010 1111011 010100100 100100101 0101101011101010010101 1111010101 101010010 1110101001 11011100 11001011101 1001100101 1001010101 111110100101 0101010101 10111101011 11111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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 Request To A Year;
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