This is an analysis of the poem Flower O' The Year that begins with:

The laggard year is now at prime
And primrose-time is daffodil-time;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabba ccdXc eedde bbffb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 111101011 110101110 1000010010 010011101 11110111 011010101 110111010 110111110 011101011 1110010101 110011101 010111110 110101010 10111001 0111010110 011101010 01100101 11111001 1011110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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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