This is an analysis of the poem Song—behold, My Love, How Green The Groves that begins with:

BEHOLD, my love, how green the groves,
The primrose banks how fair;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caXa XXXX cdad deXe XdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101 011111 010101010 111101 01010101 1100101 11011111 010101 11010101 010101 01010101 100101 01010101 110111 11111111 010111 010001001 010101 010010101 100111 111101101 110111 01011101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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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