This is an analysis of the poem May Evening that begins with:
So late the rustling shower was heard;
Yet now the aëry west is still.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eaeabfbf gagahaha
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101011 11010101 01111101 11100111 10010101 10011101 11110101 01010111 10110101 10010101 110101001 100010111 111100101 110111001 011100101 01011111 01011101 11000101 11110111 11010001 10110101 101100101 01110111 00111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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