This is an analysis of the poem Two Voices In A Meadow that begins with:

A Milkweed
Anonymous as cherubs ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a Xabacaaa X bacaXddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011 0100110 100101 11110 10111 11011 011101 10111 110101 01 1100111 100101 1111111 100101 111101 0101010 01010110 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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 Two Voices In A Meadow;
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  • history of its creation;
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