This is an analysis of the poem May Morning that begins with:

Over all the watered vale
Shadows of the clouds trail:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbddee ffgghhbbgd ddggiiff X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,8,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1010101 110011 1011111 1110101 10101010 10001010 01010111 1010001 01010101 11011101 1010101 01111101 1011111 00100101 1010100 1010101 01010100 10010101 1011101 11011001 1010111 1011101 1110110 1010101 1110011 1111111 1111111 1110101 1011101 01101101 10100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of May Morning;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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