This is an analysis of the poem Primrose Flowers that begins with:

I RODE through Eastnor woods to-day.
And all the air did promise May,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaX bbcc ddaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110101 11010101 010111001 11011100 1101011011 01010101 10110101 11010101 11101111 11010101 10110111 010111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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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