This is an analysis of the poem Pricking Thorns that begins with:
My spirit to--day that sprang
To meet the laughing morn... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacdcd ceecfgfg fccfhihi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100111 010101 010101 110101 110111 1001010 101101 01010 111101 100111 1100101 010101 110111 1101011 100101 1011 101101 111101 1111001 010101 011101 011111 1101101 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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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