This is an analysis of the poem Cherry-Time that begins with:

Cherries of the night are riper
Than the cherries pluckt at noon ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaCCBBBBaa dedeCCBBBBdd fefeCCBBBBff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001110 1010111 10011010 1110101 1010 1010 1110 1110 1110 1010 1001 110101 0010111 00101010 10010101 11101010 1010 1010 1110 1110 1110 1010 0011 110101 1110101 10101010 10110101 10111010 1010 1010 1110 1110 1110 1010 1011 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 337
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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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