This is an analysis of the poem Sheep And Lambs that begins with:

ALL in the April morning,
   April airs were abroad; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCB CBab adbd cece bfXfXaBcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010 101001 0101101 1011101 0101101 1011101 1011010 1110101 01010110 101101 1110101 11001 1001110 101011 1101010 110101 110101 110111 100101 111001 1001010 101001 1101011 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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