This is an analysis of the poem May Dew that begins with:

May dew and haze
I catch in taut canvases....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaXabbXXXbcdebbcdcdde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 1101100 100101 110111 1010101 01011 101100 1011 11110101 01010101 101001 110010 1011101 1010111 1100111 01001001 11101 101101 0101110001 01000010010 01111101 00110111 110100101 010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 691
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of May Dew;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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