This is an analysis of the poem Ceremonies For Candlemas Eve that begins with:
Down with the rosemary and bays,
Down with the misletoe;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXab cdcd ebeb fgfX Xaeegg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011011 10010 01010111 010111 01011101 111101 01010101 110101 11011111 110001 11010101 100101 11011110 1101001 10011101 010100 11011101 010101 10110100 010101 1111110111 1101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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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